Pink Slips At Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements.

Disney Employees Are Losing Their Jobs To Immigrant Replacements
Ballons featuring Mickey Mouse are seen at Disneyland Paris, in Chessy, France, est of Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Ballons featuring Mickey Mouse are seen at Disneyland Paris, in Chessy, France, est of Paris, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The layoffs at Disney and at other companies, including the Southern California Edison power utility, are raising new questions about how businesses and outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas, known as H-1B, to place immigrants in technology jobs in the United States. These visas are at the center of a fierce debate in Congress over whether they complement American workers or displace them.

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