You're being too aggressive for my taste and I don't think there's any dialog to be had here. I was wrong though, this particular visa was O-1 and not H-1B and they are quite different. I was discussing a single person who was uniquely qualified. And passed the rigorous O-1 application process only to be prohibited from crossing the border because he was born in a particular place.

I'm a startup with modest angel funding. We can't compete with larger companies salary-wise and so far I haven't been able to find competent people who are willing the play the startup game when they can get half a mil straight out of school. We have only a handful of software engineers. But I don't have to tell you because like you said, you know exactly what my situation is.

This clearly isn't a productive conversation so let's just drop it. Enjoy your weekend!