Being both immigrant and experienced developer myself, I would consider each individual case independently. Knowing how crucial is a team cohesion for any ser

Being both immigrant and experienced developer myself, I would consider each individual case independently. Knowing how crucial is a team cohesion for any serious effort in such a complex area as software engineering - i can understand (even if not support as a candidate) this preference most of the time. Guess why — because the communication side is exactly what makes a candidate better for the job than someone else with totally different cultural background. And from my experience it rarely has to do anything with skin color, religion or anything outside communication realm (otherwise I obviously don’t support it).