anti-immigrant
Opposing incoming outsiders
Anti-immigrant describes opposition to immigration or hostility toward immigrants.
The term labels policies, rhetoric, or attitudes that seek to restrict immigration or treat immigrants unfavorably: anti-immigrant legislation, anti-immigrant sentiment.
Often used critically by those who view such positions as discriminatory, though some who hold these views embrace the label.
Hatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
discrimination · scapegoating · hostility · animosity · stereotype · fearmongering · resentment · chauvinism
Legal expulsion from country
- detentionTemporary official holding
- banOfficial restriction on something
- quotaFixed assigned amount
- visaTravel authorization stamp
enforcement · asylum · refugee · expulsion · sanctuary · amnesty · naturalization · ICE
Forcible entry into territory
- infestationPest takeover situation
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- swarmMass of moving insects
- hordeDisorganized, overwhelming crowd
alien · illegal · replacement · burden
Vertical enclosing structure
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- checkpointInspection station on route
smuggling · coyote · surveillance · militarization · barrier · no-man's-land · fortification · boundary
Supreme independent authority
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- nativistAnti-immigration advocate
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
- isolationismPolicy avoiding foreign alliances
homeland · citizenship · identity · assimilation · monoculture · heritage · tradition · native-born
Being without paid work
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- outsourcingThird-party task delegation
offshoring · tariffs · trade
xenophobia
Hatred of outsiders
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- racismPrejudice based on ethnicity
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
bias · discrimination · scapegoating · hostility · animosity · stereotype · fearmongering · resentment · chauvinism · ethnocentrism
deportation
Legal expulsion from country
visa · enforcement · asylum · refugee · expulsion · sanctuary · amnesty · naturalization · ICE · DACA
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- infestationPest takeover situation
- floodOverwhelming water overflow
- swarmMass of moving insects
horde · alien · illegal · replacement · burden
wall
Vertical enclosing structure
- fenceBoundary structure between properties
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- patrolRegular surveillance route
checkpoint · smuggling · coyote · surveillance · militarization · barrier · no-man's-land · fortification · boundary · demarcation
sovereignty
Supreme independent authority
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- nativistAnti-immigration advocate
- populismPolitics favoring ordinary citizens
isolationism · homeland · citizenship · identity · assimilation · monoculture · heritage · tradition · native-born · flag-waving
unemployment
Being without paid work
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- remittancesPayments sent abroad
- exploitationSelfish use of others
outsourcing · offshoring · tariffs · trade
- xenophobiaxenophobia, nativism, bigotry, ethnocentrism, hostility
- oppressionoppression, tyranny, racism, repression, secret police
- far rightfascism, neo-Nazism, neofascism, white supremacy, Nazism
anti-immigrantsanctuary
Protected sacred space
open borders · welcoming · inclusive · open-door · cosmopolitan
immigrant, migrate, migration, migrant, immigration, migratory, emigration, immigrate, emigrant