Ifeozuwa Oyaniyi, 5, born in Nigeria - Getty Images

Ifeozuwa Oyaniyi, 5, born in Nigeria - Getty Images

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African Immigrants More Educated Than Most, Including Native-Born U.S. Citizens

Lots of the news from sub-Saharan Africa is about war, famine, poverty or political upheaval. So it’s understandable if many Americans think most Africans who immigrate to the United States are poorly educated and desperate. That’s the impression that President Trump left with his comments to members of Congress opposing admission of immigrants from “s*hole countries” in Africa and elsewhere.