: 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
Robert K. Schaeffer
anti-immigration
adjective
ˌan-tē-ˌi-mə-ˈgrā-shən
ˌan-tī-
anti-immigration policies
News of the rising growth rate also prompted anti-immigration groups to claim that immigrants damage the environment.
—Priscilla Huang
Priscilla Huang
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But that doesn’t mean the public is necessarily less anti-immigrant.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 2 May 2025
In Germany, union leaders warned that extended workdays and rising anti-immigrant sentiment were dismantling labor protections.
—Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Union leaders in Germany warned that extended workdays and rising anti-immigrant sentiment were dismantling labor protections.
—CBS News, 1 May 2025
But perhaps the most serious rebuke to the liberal international order has come from inside the democracies, where populist parties have hitched economic grievances, anti-immigrant sentiments, and the loss of faith in their own elites and institutions to an authoritarian domestic turn.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
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Christian Paz, Vox, 2 May 2025
In Germany, union leaders warned that extended workdays and rising anti-immigrant sentiment were dismantling labor protections.
—Thomas Adamson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Union leaders in Germany warned that extended workdays and rising anti-immigrant sentiment were dismantling labor protections.
—CBS News, 1 May 2025
But perhaps the most serious rebuke to the liberal international order has come from inside the democracies, where populist parties have hitched economic grievances, anti-immigrant sentiments, and the loss of faith in their own elites and institutions to an authoritarian domestic turn.
—Margaret MacMillan, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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