: 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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Musk also inflamed divisions within Trump’s inner circle last month during a heated debate over H-1B visas, pitting the tech billionaire and his fellow Silicon Valley conservatives against the hard-line anti-immigrant contingent of Trump’s supporters.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
The fight, which now pitted Big Tech against the old left and the increasingly loud anti-immigrant right, moved to the White House.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
Many are worried about a rise in American isolationism, division and anti-immigrant sentiment.
—Carissa Zaffiro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
But Good Girl, an ambitious, often beautiful, yet bloated debut set against the backdrop of Germany’s growing anti-immigrant sentiment, wrestles with the knot of Nila’s self-loathing without ever quite undoing it.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 15 Jan. 2025
The fight, which now pitted Big Tech against the old left and the increasingly loud anti-immigrant right, moved to the White House.
—Gabrielle Clark, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
Many are worried about a rise in American isolationism, division and anti-immigrant sentiment.
—Carissa Zaffiro, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
But Good Girl, an ambitious, often beautiful, yet bloated debut set against the backdrop of Germany’s growing anti-immigrant sentiment, wrestles with the knot of Nila’s self-loathing without ever quite undoing it.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-immigrant. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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