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

Barely a few days into his second term, President Trump has already sought to implement what has been deemed to be a harmful, racist, anti-immigrant agenda with executive actions that fly in the face of human rights and duplicate prior policies that resulted in immense violence and harm. —Amy Fischer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025

Immigration policy is a prime example of this struggle: Long before Harris became their nominee, the party was debating just how much to adjust to both Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises and to the American public’s general shift away from openness to immigration. —Christian Paz, Vox, 4 Feb. 2025

There’s always been pushback against anti-immigrant lunacy here. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025

The anti-immigrant sentiment in the 1990s drove many Latino voters to political activism and Democratic politics. —Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 29 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above