anti-immigrant

adjective

an·​ti-im·​mi·​grant

ˌan-tē-ˈi-mə-grənt, 

ˌan-tī- 

: opposed to immigrants or immigration : characterized by or expressing opposition to or hostility toward immigrants

State and local politicians have used widespread public opposition to immigration to justify new anti-immigrant legislation.

—Robert K. Schaeffer

anti-immigration

ˌan-tē-ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən, 

ˌan-tī- 

adjective

anti-immigration policies

News of the rising growth rate also prompted anti-immigration groups to claim that immigrants damage the environment.

—Priscilla Huang

Examples of anti-immigrant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, with the current political and economical uncertainties — something rivaling the Lehman shock of 2008 — and particularly with evermore increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies, our work is more urgent than ever. —Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Nov. 2025

According to an article in the German paper Die Welt, a local intelligence report quoted him as expressing anti-immigrant and nationalist views. —Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Nov. 2025

National conservatives, including a number of Republican politicians, base their policy agenda—anti-immigrant, protectionist, isolationist, socially traditionalist—on an American identity defined by ethnic and religious heritage rather than democratic values. —George Packer, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2025

There are ways in which the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the hard Christian right of today reminds theologians and historians of this old movement, which held great influence among power brokers of the day. —Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above