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Nobody really respects these movies.

Nobody really wants to watch them.

We've come to a point where Hollywood people were desperate to find something to vote for,

and they were just running through a list of objections,

some were credible, some were ridiculous, all of them incredibly self-defeating.

This is your host, Scott Bertram. Welcome to the Radio Free Hillsdale Hour, part of the

Hillsdale College Podcast Network. That was Titus Tecara, executive director of the American Cinema Foundation.

A little bit later on in today's program, we talked with Titus in depth about the state

of the film industry and some remembrances about the late actor Gene Hackman.

First, we're joined by Dr. Kevin Porteus. He is professor of politics and director of American Studies at Hillsdale College. Dr. Porteus, thanks for joining us.

Good to be here. Talking today about a piece you recently wrote over at Americanmind.org, putting America first on the topic of our immigration policy and specifically the recent conversation about H-1B visas.

Let's start by defining what that is.

What are H-1B visas and how do they compare to other visa types the country offers?

So the H-1 visa was initially created by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, and then it was split into the

H-1-A and H-1B visa programs.

And the H-1-A program is defunct, but the H-1B program, which was split off around 1990,

was about allowing employers to bring in skilled workers to fill particular roles within their

organizations, which they claimed were unable, they were unable to fill from among native

employees.

And so the companies will certify that they have attempted to find workers to fill these

positions, that they were unable to do so.

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