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

The far-right, anti-immigrant Vox party, which holds just 32 seats in the country's 350-member parliament, is poised to gain. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

The town has been the site of previous anti-immigrant protests focused on migrants who cross the English Channel from France in small boats. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Coleman, who is married to an immigrant, dispelled any myths that his passionate testimony was racist, anti-immigrant or politically motivated. — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

As men, women and children flooded across the border between Morocco and Spain, into the autonomous city of Ceuta at the end of July, European populists and anti-immigrant politicians capitalized on the shocking images of human desperation. — Vasco Cotovio, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above