Anti-immigrant

Although anti-immigrant sentiments often are compounded with xenophobia, nativism and/or racism, this is not always the case.

Anti-immigrant sentiments in a pure form can be exemplified by immigration and immigrants being believed to:

• isolate themselves in their own communities and refusing to learn the language/culture.

• steal the jobs

• damage the sense of community and nationality

Prominent opinion leaders that oppose immigration and immigrants' rights often share a political right-wing orientation, blaming immigration for several problems from unemployment to detoriating public education. Their critics often argue that while the problems are real, blaming immigrants is rather a form of scapegoating.

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