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

Tesla’s slump this year is partly due to backlash against the company in the U.S. and Europe, after Musk spent heavily to help reelect President Donald Trump, endorsed Germany’s extreme anti-immigrant AfD party and then led the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. —Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 23 July 2025

From Mexico, González Gutiérrez watched an anti-immigrant mood sweep across the United States in the wake of 9/11. —Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 23 July 2025

The anti-immigrant persecution becomes more vicious almost by the day. —Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025

Lingering anti-immigrant discrimination, which boiled over in 2018 with the arrival of Central American caravans in Tijuana, has also been a concern. —Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above