International Migration of Talent and HSE to the US

• Magaly Sanchez R has been working on the project “International Migration of Talent and HSE to the US", conducted under the Latin American Migration Project (LAMP). The main focus of this study is on highly skilled educated immigrants, considered through a comparative analysis of the two principal receiving countries: the United States and Spain. This research initially considered Venezuelan immigrants. Since 2010 Magaly has been coordinating the application of the LAMP ethno survey in United States different settings. Although ethno survey are supposed to be applied on a sample in sending communities as well as in receiving communities, due to the current security and political conditions in Venezuela , the ethno survey started with immigrants who reside in different regions of United States.

  The project, “International Migration of Talent and HSE to US”, that initially includes Venezuelan and other Latin American immigrants, now seeks to broaden its focus to include European, Asian, Arab, and Middle Eastern immigrants. Methodologically, the study relies on in-depth interviews with the immigrants themselves, as well as actors defining immigration and employment policies, such as CEOs from private corporations, leaders in academia and think tanks, and policy makers. The qualitative data extracted from the in-depth interviews will constitute an important source of information on the social mobility and levels of integration of highly skilled educated immigrants, as well as the policies influencing diversity of knowledge.