Mexican Labor Practices

We came here from the US 15 months ago because the INS (US Immigration) told my husband to get out or they would throw him out (more on that story later). He is Mexican, which is why we came here.

My husband is 42 and is an architect. There is a building BOOM here (aka an environmental disaster). My husband is fully bilingual. He qualified but cannot get a job in his field to save his life, a huge part of it is age discrimination.

I do not know the labor laws in Mexico. But the help wanted ads literally say things like this: Wanted: Architect, male, married, height over x, white, experience x years, age 25-30, no children.

The don't want you if you are short (this place is full of Mayans who are shorter than my 10 year old). They don't want you if you don't have European ancestry. Often they don't actually care much if you are any good at what you do. But if you are older than the boss, forget it.