India, Aug. 1 -- Republican gubernatorial candidate James Fishback has intensified his campaign against the H-1B visa program, warning nearly 1,900 Florida employers using foreign workers to replace them with qualified Americans or face what he described as the "ultimate wrath of the state of Florida" if he is elected governor.

In a post on X and a video from a gubernatorial debate hosted by the PBD Podcast in Fort Lauderdale, Fishback addressed businesses employing H-1B workers directly.

"To the 1,900 employers in Florida right now who are using H-1B foreign labor, I am warning you once and for all, fire your foreign workers, hire back qualified Floridians, or you will face the ultimate wrath of the state of Florida," Fishback wrote on...