"The discussion turned to legal immigration, Cruz said, âwe should improve and streamline legal immigration.â He also discussed H-1B visas arguing that in the status quo, âevery year US colleges and universities educate tens of thousands of foreign students who are getting masters and PhDs in engineering and math and computer science, and weâre sending them back to their countries. And as a result, theyâre going back to their countries, theyâre starting businesses there. Theyâre creating jobs there, and their companies are competing with us and taking jobs away from us. I donât think that makes any sense.
So, Iâve introduced legislation to increase the number of H-1B visas, if there are people who are educated and talented and creating jobs, the data shows for every H-1B visa holder that comes in, he or she creates 1.7 jobs for Americans here. I want job creations, I want innovators, I want new opportunities for America.â Cruz was asked about Disneyâs use of H-1B visas to replace US workers who were forced to train their replacements, he stated that he didnât know the facts of the Disney case, so he couldnât comment."