Leo Perrero is becoming the face of the American IT worker fired and then forced to train his foreign replacement or else lose his severance package. A few months after being rudely laid off by Disney Corp, he appeared on a local station in Florida . On Friday, he discussed the issue with Lou Dobbs.

Perrero testified at the Senate hearing held last month by Jeff Sessions that investigated the impact of high-skilled immigration on US workers, and his emotional discussion of his experience was memorable.

Despite calls for reform of the “loopholes” of the H-1b visas, the cheap-labor pipeline has remained remarkably stubborn against being fixed. After all, the program is a favorite of powerful tech billionaires.

A year ago, Southern California Edison cut around 500 employees, an action that got some media attention, as well as an earlier Senate hearing — also chaired by America’s Senator Jeff Sessions.

Last week, Leo Perrero discussed the H-1b situation with Lou Dobbs, who is knowledgeable about immigration. Perrero appeared with Sarah Blackwell, his attorney in a class-action suit against Disney over their use of the visa to fire Americans. He sounded upbeat about how events were moving — perhaps unduly so, given the history — but it’s good to be hopeful.