Letter: Sorry, but this is who we are

(Briana Sanchez | El Paso Times | AP) Protesters gather at the front of the Clint Border Patrol station to hear U.S. and Texas lawmakers talk about what they thought of the area facilities they toured Monday, July 1, at the Border Patrol station in Clint.Yet another story appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune the other day describing a visit by Rep. John Curtis and other members of the U.S. Congress to the filthy, unsafe facilities where asylum seekers are being imprisoned. The pull quotes and headlines are always the same: "This is not who we are," etc.

Please, Rep. Curtis, and those of you who were there, stop saying that. Just. Stop.

This is exactly who we are. This abominable treatment of…