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-Land of the Free
Senator Seeks Inquiry Into Visa Program Used at Disney
2015-06-05
[NYT] Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, a Democrat, called on Thursday for the Department of Homeland Security to investigate a temporary visa program for highly skilled immigrants after a report in The New York Times that technology employees at Walt Disney World in Orlando and other companies lost their jobs to immigrants and had to train their replacements.

In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Mr. Nelson asked him to examine "potential misuses" of a visa program known as H-1B.

The Times reported Wednesday that about 250 Disney workers were laid off last year and many were replaced by immigrants hired by an outsourcing company based in India.

Before leaving, some of the laid-off workers had to train immigrants on H-1B visas to do their jobs.
Not an uncommon practice. You want your severance pay? Stick around and train the nu guy.
"This program was created to help fill jobs when there were labor shortages, not to take jobs away from anyone," Mr. Nelson wrote.

A Disney spokesman said the company had no comment on the senator's request.
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  The thought occurs: this is the New York Times. Possibly they did not get the story right. Even more possibly, they are slanting the story for effect. They still haven't returned Walter Duranty's Pulitzer, after all.

I would dearly love to see this fact checked by someone reputable, before I am willing to believe it.
Posted by: trailing wife   2015-06-05 19:52  

#3  Nelson's right? Like a stopped clock, I guess it happens occasionally.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-06-05 11:38  

#2  I nearly applied for a position as a programmer at WDW until I saw this story. No way I'd move to another state for a company that just did this.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2015-06-05 09:08  

#1  The whole justification for H1Bs is that they can't find an American to fill the position. Long time to end the program and start yanking those out there. The management can take their damn business to other countries if they can't work here (and deal with even greater corruption and vagaries of who determines what the law says at any one moment).
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-06-05 08:36  

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