Two years ago. Senators WYDEN. GORTON. and others joined with me in requiring the General Accounting Office to study the current H2A Guest Worker Program. As a result. the GAO has estimated that at least 37 percent of all farm workers in the United States are not here legally. not legally qualified to work. How they got the figure is amazing: They went out and asked. and the workers. by selfdisclosure. admitted that they were here illegally. The current H2A program has been a red tape nightmare. Too often. when growers need a timely response to their needs. with produce in the field. it cannot be done. Even when growers meet all the deadlines the Government sets for them. then the Government fails to meet its own deadlines.