Mexican teacher barred from traveling to US to collect Internet Society award

[umbertino]

 

Mariano Gómez, 23, won an award for his working installing a wireless internet network in the remote community, but was told he couldn’t apply for a US visa

 

 

David Agren in Mexico City

Saturday 16 September 2017 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/16/mexican-teacher-barred-from-traveling-to-us-to-collect-internet-society-award

[Theseus]

Yeah so? Many contractors work in the USA and don't apply for Visas. If he came to work here to install the network and did so illegally, back of the line bud. Many Americans could do that job. Having a STEM person from another country do it, means that an American was denied the opportunity. Have no sympathy for those who take American jobs or companies who do not hire Americans first and try to circumnavigate the laws in order to avoid hiring Americans. The CEOs who say they aren't skilled or experienced workers in the USA aqre lying. Consider this, an entry level coding position put up on a job search board requires 3 years experience minimum. That is mid level not entry level. So the companies are artificially conflating the issue by demanding a higher bar of experience than what the job requires. Entry level is 0 to 3 years of experience and does not start out at 3 to 5 years experience. Thus by doing this, the CEOs can say there is not experienced workers in America and we need to look elsewhere (to H1B and O1 visas). The problem with the H1B visa program is that the work history is not verified and resumes are falsified. When this is brought up to management, management says train them. Yeah, they got this job based off their credentials and yet their credentials are proven to be falsified. An American would lose their job but not an H1B Visa individual. No sympathy for those who come here illegally to work and denied a Visa. Had they gone through the proper channels, more power to them. This guy did not go through the proper channels and therefore he earned the denial.