: 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
Robert K. Schaeffer
anti-immigration
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən
ˌan-tī-
anti-immigration policies
News of the rising growth rate also prompted anti-immigration groups to claim that immigrants damage the environment.
—Priscilla Huang
Priscilla Huang
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Hamilton pushed for the anti-immigrant measures and, after they were passed, complained that not enough deportations were taking place.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2025
One recent visitor, for example, has a Pepe the Frog avatar on X and routinely posts anti-immigrant and transphobic content.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Many in his nationalist, anti-immigrant base would cheer him on, even if the end result is stronger cartels and less safety here at home.
—Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2025
One recent visitor, for example, has a Pepe the Frog avatar on X and routinely posts anti-immigrant and transphobic content.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2025
The scholar Philip Smith shows how Paddington films released in the second decade of the twenty-first century provided Brits with a sympathetically multicultural narrative that stood in opposition to anti-immigrant discourse.
—Daniel Horowitz
august 20, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
Many in his nationalist, anti-immigrant base would cheer him on, even if the end result is stronger cartels and less safety here at home.
—Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anti-immigrant
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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