H-2A Agricultural Guestworker Program: Changes Could Improve Services to Employers and Better Protect Workers
T-HEHS-98-200
Published: Jun 24, 1998. Publicly Released: Jun 24, 1998.
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GAO discussed the ability of the H-2A agricultural guestworker program to meet the needs of the agricultural industry both today and in the event of sudden and widespread farm labor shortages, focusing on the: (1) likelihood of a widespread agricultural labor shortage and its impact on the need for nonimmigrant guestworkers; and (2) H-2A program's ability to meet the needs of agricultural workers while protecting domestic and foreign agricultural workers, both at present and if a significant number of nonimmigrant guestworkers is needed in the future.
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