U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is calling for an investigation of a visa program that has been used at Walt Disney World to replace some of its technology employees with foreign workers.
Nelson, D-Florida, this week asked the Department of Homeland Security to investigate after a New York Times article about the H-1B visa program. It highlighted Walt Disney World, saying that laid-off technology workers there had to train their replacements, who were hired by an outsourcing company based in India.
Nelson wrote that he is concerned about whether the program, which is also used by other companies, is going beyond its original intent of filling jobs when there is a shortage of U.