>>He is not a U.S. citizen but has a student visa, according to prosecutors. School district officials said Ardanaz went through background checks in Spain and the Utah Office of Education before being allowed to teach here. There was no record of any prior misconduct.
“He is not a U.S. citizen”
Don’t the work Americans won’t. Oh wait!
No doubt bi-lingual Spanish/English and very much in demand as a teacher. Utah has a substantial Hispanic population, many of them illegal.
His is a student visa but most of the bi-lingual teacher guest workers use the H1B visa, which is a dual use visa. The come in on a temporary basis, but if they can get a sponsor(usually their employer), it can be converted to the legal permanent resident alien visa, aka green card, which allows them to naturalize and become a citizen.