undocume to help agriculture thrive, we need a program that allows undocumented workers to earn legal immigration status. some members of congress have proposed new agriculture guest worker programs, but it makes no sense to bring in hundreds of thousands of new guest workers when there are over 1 million undocumented farm workers in addition to u.s. citizens and documented immigrants. in decision the h2a program is available and has no limit on the number of guest workers that may be brought in annually. our recent report, no way to treat a guest, shows that the h-2a program contains modest labor protections but it is fundamentally flawed and rife with abuses with u.s. and foreign workers. i ask it be included in the record. >> without objection. >> many employers prefer guest workers because they are more vulnerable than immigrants and citizens for several reasons. h-2a workers may only work for the employer that obtained their visa, must leave the country when the job ends and hope they get another visa the following year. they never earn the opportunity to become permanent immigra