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

Britain's biggest anti-immigrant political party, Reform UK, which has topped opinion polls in recent months, has kept its distance from Robinson, who has several criminal convictions. —Vitalii Yalahuzian, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025

Paul, however, is not the anti-immigrant hero Christian nationalists have waited for. —John Fugelsang september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025

President Donald Trump regained power alongside harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric. —Jenn Tardy, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

As in the rest of Europe, the far right is surging in France, capitalizing on widespread discontent over a cost-of-living crisis that has fueled a rise in anti-immigrant sentiment. —Alexander Smith, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above