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

Kamiya has compared his party to other far-right, anti-immigrant parties around the world including the Republican Party in the U.S., Germany’s AfD, France’s National Rally, and the U.K.’s Reform Party. —Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Aug. 2025

Unfortunately, anti-immigrant policies threaten to derail this economic engine. —Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 July 2025

With more than 300 anti-immigrant executive orders and policies, the administration has proven that if some of us don’t have rights, none of us do. —Murad Awawdeh, New York Daily News, 30 July 2025

The labor force has shrunk in recent months, a potential indication of how anti-immigrant rhetoric and mass deportations are weighing on employment. —Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 27 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above