"Bastrop.. AllTexas News Nestled behind a hillside, just out of sight from busy Highway 95 in Bastrop County, Texas, lies a growing fleet of nearly a thousand showroom-new SUVs, 4WD pickups, suburbans and vans. These vehicles are not overflow storage for an overstocked dealer. This fleet is owned by the federal government.
All the vehicles are U.N. White.
Rumors have been floating in the area for months about a fleet of suspicious vehicles being outfitted with prisoner cages, shackles and insignia such as “U.S. Police Force” and the U.N. roundel. None of the
vehicles observed in the storage area appeared to have any markings at all other than window stickers with equipment data.
However, prison officials did confirm that the SUVs and vans were in fact being outfitted with prisoner cages and shackles. When pressed for information on the intended users of these vehicles, a prison spokesman said they were intended for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
However, vehicles assigned to the INS are predominantly painted green and those assigned to the Border Patrol are usually the same. The suitability of a high-visibility color such as white for either agency is in question."
I originally got a copy of this article from a friend that was in D.C. and it was given to him by Rep. Scott J. Orr from Montana. He was passing them out.
Anybody know anything about "AllTexas News"? Is this a real source or has Rep. Orr (and me) been fooled.
The entire text is at- www.alltexas.net/news/bastrop.html
Lots of pictures there too.
All the vehicles are U.N. White.
Rumors have been floating in the area for months about a fleet of suspicious vehicles being outfitted with prisoner cages, shackles and insignia such as “U.S. Police Force” and the U.N. roundel. None of the
vehicles observed in the storage area appeared to have any markings at all other than window stickers with equipment data.
However, prison officials did confirm that the SUVs and vans were in fact being outfitted with prisoner cages and shackles. When pressed for information on the intended users of these vehicles, a prison spokesman said they were intended for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
However, vehicles assigned to the INS are predominantly painted green and those assigned to the Border Patrol are usually the same. The suitability of a high-visibility color such as white for either agency is in question."
I originally got a copy of this article from a friend that was in D.C. and it was given to him by Rep. Scott J. Orr from Montana. He was passing them out.
Anybody know anything about "AllTexas News"? Is this a real source or has Rep. Orr (and me) been fooled.
The entire text is at- www.alltexas.net/news/bastrop.html
Lots of pictures there too.