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Via CNN Rubio, speaking in Hilton Head, South Carolina, Thursday, noted Cruzs support for H 1B visas as the two senators spar over broader immigration policy.

Ted is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally, Rubio said. In fact, when the Senate bill was proposed he proposed legalizing people that were here illegally, he proposed giving them work permits. Hes also supported a massive expansion of the green cards. Hes supported a massive expansion of the H 1B program, a 500% increase.

Rubio added: If you look at it, I dont think our positions are dramatically different.

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According to the way the H1-B program is SUPPOSED to work, companies are required to prove there are no Americans to do the job . What Disney did, as an example was against The Law...( Disney's CEO is Obama's friend), Obviously if the people they fired were having to train their replacements, Disney violated the law.. ...therefore Disney employees can and should sue the Government for not enforcing the law..... The problem isn't the program, the problem is Obama's DOJ and ICE won't enforce the laws, which is at the heart of why H1B's are opposed thus the abuse continues. . ....Further it's illegal for these companies to pay LESS than the prevailing wage...so who is determning less? ....Again, Obama's Labor Department...............So what we have is an abuse of our laws by the Obama adminstrations directives or lack of in enforcing the LAWS governing H1-B's. What Cruz wants is to stop the abuse of H1-B's and 'increase the associated fee' for hiring H-1B Visa's....if the shenanigans were cut out you can be assured hiring H-1BS would be far less attractive for the companies abusing this...

Cruz is VERY solid on actually ''''requiring laws to be enforced'''' - and that includes '''ALL current immigration laws''''...... That would include enforcing the requirements for H-1b visas to ONLY be allowed where there aren't qualified American citizens available to fill needed positions - and that those hires must be paid the going wage for that position....Cruz said that if an employer abuses the H1b visa program they will be '''prohibited from using it forever''''. PLUS, Cruz would require that companies pay MORE for each H-1b they hire, with the purpose that money go in block grants to states to pay '''for training American citizens'''' in the very fields that have shortages. ....Thus the hires would actually help end the need for the H-1b program while creating excellent careers for citizens