Protest at Rock Springs hotel lodging border patrol officers prompts police response

Protest at Rock Springs hotel lodging border patrol officers prompts police response

by Maya Shimizu Harris, WyoFile Rock Springs police responded to a protest Thursday morning at a hotel where U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were staying and assisted them in leaving, the Rock Springs Police Department said in a statement.  A crowd of people had gathered around the border patrol agents’ cars and used vehicles to block the officers from leaving the Clarion Hotel, according to the statement. The agents asked the police d…