The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration will hold a hearing Thursday on “The Impact of High-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Workers.” Its first witness will be an IT worker who trained his visa-holding replacement.

Leo Perrero, an IT worker at Disney until he was laid off in January 2015 — along with 200 to 300 co-workers — is one of six scheduled to testify.

This is not the first time lawmakers will hear this story.

Patricia Fluno, a computer programmer in Orlando, testified before Congress in 2003 about losing her job to a foreign worker.

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Source: COMPUTER WORLD