Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders lashed out at the H-1B visa program Tuesday while campaigning in Anaheim, Calif., the home of Disneyland. He drew attention to Disney’s layoff of about 250 IT workers last year after the firm brought in technology contractors that rely heavily on visa users.

Sanders was seizing the opportunity of talking about Disney to a crowd of people that included its employees. But it may well have been an effort to force the visa issue in advance of the California primary on June 7.

Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, who, along with Sanders, is seeking the Democratic nomination for president, has been silent on the H-1B issue during this campaign. Her lack of comment was seen as a tacit sign of support for the visa in an op-ed that appeared this month in the Economic Times, a Mumbai, India-based newspaper.

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