White House does not want Nigerians in America?!?! Why, too successful?!?!

The Trump administration issued an order to stop offering a path to residency to nationals from Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, Myanmar and Tanzania.

Trump has argued that immigrants should only be allowed into the United States on merit and not through any lottery system. So just who is the Nigerian immigrant and do they have merit? Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 190.8 million as of 2018. It is also the African country of origin with the most migrants in the United States. The 2016 American Community Survey estimates that 380,785 US residents report Nigerian ancestry.

According to the United Census Bureau, 4 percent of Nigerians hold the Ph.D. degree compared to 1% of the general US population. 17% of Nigerians hold a master's degree and 37% have a bachelor's degree.

According to a data provided by Rice University in Texas, Nigerian-Americans are the most educated ethnic group in the United States. According to the Migrations Policy Institute 29% of Nigerian-Americans have graduate degrees. That’s compared to 11% of the overall American population.

And, a minimum of four percent of Nigerian-Americans are also Ph.D holders. This is at least three times higher than any other ethnic group in the United States of America. More than 75% of black doctors in USA are Nigerians.

Bringing me to our slay word macabre – for tending to produce horror in a beholder. If this does not make anyone feel macabre, there is something wrong with you.