Immigration legislation before the Senate this week should include a condemnation of rapes by alien smugglers on the U.S.-Mexico border and encourage "in the strongest possible terms" the Mexican government to prevent such crimes, a Florida congresswoman said. "These women and young girls are being raped all along the southern border, and the sight of women's undergarments hanging from border fences as trophies is appalling," said Republican Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite. "They are entrusting their futures to these smugglers, or coyotes, to bring them across the border, but instead of gaining freedom, they're being raped and exploited.