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H1B Fireworks at Debates

Disney, ABC Television Group via Flickr

Last night’s Republican debaters took shots at Disney for its use of foreign worker visas, or H-1B visas.

Disney is being sued by former workers for allegedly replacing them with cheaper immigrant labor.

Marco Rubio called it illegal.“If there’s an American working at Disney, and they bring in someone with an H-1B visa to replace their direct job, that is a violation of the law”, Rubio said.

Donald Trump said that he shouldn’t have been allowed to use the H-1B program the way he has.

“I’m a businessman and I have to do what I have to do, but it’s sitting there for you to use", said Trump. "But it’s very bad”

Republicans and Democrats in Florida will have a chance to vote for their preferred presidential candidate on Tuesday.