Why do African immigrants do better in the US than African Americans? I'm trying to find sources for income/educational attainment of immigrants *when they come over*, but am only finding sources of *what they have today*.
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See education spreadsheet here. African immigrants have higher bachelor and advanced degree representation than general US pop.https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/20/facts-on-u-s-immigrants-current-data/ …
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I believe refugees are known to be great economic contributors, and many cities are very pro-refugee because of this, which indicates it's not necessarily about education and background in the mother country:https://immigrationforum.org/article/immigrants-as-economic-contributors-refugees-are-a-fiscal-success-story-for-america/ …
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