Nos reunimos ayer con funcionarios del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América, delegados por su Oficina de Libertad Religiosa Internacional, atendiendo a la amable invitación de la Embajada en Bogotá.
En representación de la Iglesia de Dios Ministerial de Jesucristo Internacional, expresamos nuestras preocupaciones en relación con la garantía del derecho fundamental a la libertad religiosa ante hostigamientos y agresiones en redes sociales, presentando evidencias sobre lo que hemos vivido.
Un gusto compartir este espacio con Max Stoneman y Carter Allen (State IRF); Juan Carlos Guerrero y Benjamin Hess (Embajada); y voceros de distintas iglesias y entidades religiosas. En la foto, junto a Mr. Stoneman.
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Slightly purple but it was more purple before I put the bag of peas on it straight away, we'll see how it is tomorrow, I would need it better before Friday this week for college👇🙏
This one is heartbreaking.
He spent 25 YEARS at Adobe.
Senior Software Quality Engineer.
More than 15 years of quality engineering experience.
Laid off in August 2025.
Then he spent more than a year looking for another job in tech.
Applications filtered out.
Recruiters ghosted him.
Interviews that never happened.
Eventually, he gave up.
His next career?
Driving a school bus.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with driving a school bus. It’s important, honest work.
But something is deeply broken when an American with 25 years at one of the world’s premier software companies can’t find another job in tech while we’re simultaneously told America has such a shortage of tech talent that employers need hundreds of thousands of foreign-worker positions.
This is what gets lost in the H-1B debate.
These aren’t statistics.
They’re people.
Before we search the world for another tech worker, shouldn’t Americans like him at least get a fair shot?