Illegal Aliens Can Get DTV Coupons

“A Bush Administration official said Tuesday he would make no effort to exclude illegal aliens from receiving benefits under a $1.5 billion subsidy program designed to keep analog TV sets running after the transition to all-digital television in February 2009.

“We don’t have any restrictions on the program with regard to any classification, whether it’s immigration status or economic status …” said John Kneuer, the Commerce Department official who is running the DTV converter box program.”

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