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This brings up the issues of a rise in farm workers being abused on farms. In the past 15 years, workers have filed 1,106 sexual harassment complaints with the commission against agricultural-related industries. The allegations from different victims range from verbal harassment to rape. Because many farm workers are immigrants and some are illegal, their abusers are able to get away with abuse using the threat of deportation or firing them. In conclusion to a 2013 investigation a federal jury has awarded $17.4 million to five migrant women who say they were raped and sexually harassed by three male supervisors at the Florida packing plant where they worked. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/female-farm-workers-awarded-17-million-in-florida-abuse-case//ref>. This win opened the door for many other women to believe that they actually had a chance to stand up to their abusers in court and win. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for enforcing civil rights laws in the workplace and is the only federal agency that pursues on-the-job sexual violence and harassment cases. https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/06/25/frontline-rape-in-the-fields/2455505//ref>. While it may be the job of the EEOC to enforce civil rights for these farmworkers, a big issue with the process if getting the workers to come forward and for there to be enough evidence of the assault. In July of 2018 Bornt & Sons, Inc. and its former farm labor contractor Barraza Farm Service, LLC / Barraza Farm Service, Inc. will pay $300,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Commission. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/7-25-18.cfm/ref>. Sexual assault is continually persistent in the world of agriculture.