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applegrove

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Sat Jan 13, 2018, 06:59 PM Jan 2018

African immigrants are more educated than most including people born in U.S.

By ANN M. SIMMONS at the LA Times

http://beta.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-global-african-immigrants-explainer-20180112-story.html

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Batalova's research found that of the 1.4 million who are 25 and older, 41% have a bachelor's degree, compared with 30% of all immigrants and 32% of the U.S.-born population. Of the 19,000 U.S. immigrants from Norway — a country Trump reportedly told lawmakers is a good source of immigrants — 38% have college educations.

The New American Economy study found that 1 in 3 of these undergraduate degrees were focused on science, technology, engineering and math — "training heavily in demand by today's employers."

That report also found that African immigrants were significantly more likely to have graduate degrees. A total of 16% had a master's degree, medical degree, law degree or a doctorate, compared with 11% of the U.S.-born population, Lim said.


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African immigrants are more educated than most including people born in U.S. (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2018 OP
Ooppsie.. FAKE NEWS FAKE NEWS pangaia Jan 2018 #1
Not to mention one of the immigrants without a college education is ... his wife. karynnj Jan 2018 #2
And no proof she is here legally either JI7 Jan 2018 #3
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