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

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Belfast on Saturday to denounce anti-immigrant rioters who set fire to homes and cars earlier in the week after a brutal stabbing blamed on an asylum seeker. —ABC News, 13 June 2026

June 13, 2026 1 of 10 Elon Musk came under fire for stoking anti-immigrant riots this week in which capital city? —Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 13 June 2026

The United States is now living through the second term of an anti-immigrant, far-right leader. —Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026

To be sure, anti-immigrant violence in the United States does not approach the scale of the atrocities Valentino usually studies. —M. Gessen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above