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We present four key findings. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge network\u2014representing 20-33% of the frontier knowledge producers. Second, using novel survey data and hand-curated life-histories of International Math Olympiad (IMO) medalists, we show that migrants to the U.S. are up to six times more productive than migrants to other countries\u2014even after accounting for talent during one\u2019s teenage years. Third, financing costs are a key factor preventing foreign talent from migrating abroad to pursue their dream careers, particularly for talent from developing countries. Fourth, certain \u2018push\u2019 incentives that reduce immigration barriers \u2013 by addressing financing constraints for top foreign talent \u2013 could increase the global scientific output of future cohorts by 42 percent. 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