At a congressional hearing today on the H-1B visa’s impact on high-skilled workers, the first person to testify was Leo Perrero, a former Disney IT worker. He was overcome with emotion for parts of it, pausing to gather himself as he told the story of how he was replaced by a foreign visa holder.

It was a hearing with an emotional punch.

Perrero testified after Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) displayed a giant photo of small American flags, which were flown indoors by IT workers at Northeast Utilities (now Eversource Energy).

Eversource Energy IT workers “were forced to train their foreign replacements — and this was done, apparently,” within the current law, said Sessions.

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