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Recent Examples of anti-immigrant
Fed by growing anti-immigrant sentiment, new iterations of the English-only movement spread across the country, supporting legislation that eventually made English the official language in more than thirty states.
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Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Amid a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment, Trump has questioned automatic citizenship for the children of immigrants here illegally, or for those born to foreign nationals in the U.S. legally on a visa.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Hearing songs about freedom of speech, the importance of presidential term limits and anti-immigrant prejudice hit me in entirely new ways this week.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
Francis pushed back on multiple anti-immigrant actions from Trump in the last year of his life, subtly calling out Vice President JD Vance’s beliefs on the issue in a February letter.
—Mariel Padilla, Them., 8 May 2025
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Graciela Mochkofsky, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
Amid a rise of anti-immigrant sentiment, Trump has questioned automatic citizenship for the children of immigrants here illegally, or for those born to foreign nationals in the U.S. legally on a visa.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 16 May 2025
Hearing songs about freedom of speech, the importance of presidential term limits and anti-immigrant prejudice hit me in entirely new ways this week.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2025
Francis pushed back on multiple anti-immigrant actions from Trump in the last year of his life, subtly calling out Vice President JD Vance’s beliefs on the issue in a February letter.
—Mariel Padilla, Them., 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anti-immigrant
patriotic
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Nawrocki's supporters describe him as the embodiment of traditional, patriotic values.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The 42-year-old historian who had no previous political experience built his campaign on patriotic themes, traditional Catholic values, and a vow to defend Poland’s sovereignty against the EU and larger European nations like Germany.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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“Anti-immigrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anti-immigrant. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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