any employer will say the program is slow for fast-moving harve harvests. a recent survey found 72% of the users reported that their workers arrived 22 days on average after the date of need. it is no surprise that the program is used so sparingly to the high water mark of 54,000 visas in 2008. is it any wonder? the government essentially left farmer was no choice but to hire undocumented workers and everyone, including the government, looked the other way as they filled the jobs that our country needed filled. what do we do now? do we accept responsibility for creating this mess? recognize that we have an experienced work force that has been providing critical services for years? obtain legal status to help the country succeed or do we attempt to throw out the experienced work force and millions of new workers through a government controlled program that has never worked in the past? i mentioned it before, but i need to mention it again. how can you think the answer to our labor needs is to deport workers who are already here and know what to do and when t