Illegal Aliens Can Get DTV Coupons

ILLEGAL ALIENS CAN GET DTV COUPONS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Ted Hearn]
NTIA head John Kneuer 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. Under a law signed last year by President Bush, the converter program is open to any “requesting household” from Jan. 1, 2008 to March 31, 2009. Each household may apply for two $40 coupons for use at a retail outlet meeting Commerce Department criteria. Kevin Martin, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, endorsed Kneuer’s open-eligibility approach. Randy Capps, an immigration specialist at the Urban Institute, said access to converter box subsidies by illegal aliens wouldn't be a radical departure, noting that immigration status can't be used to deny public schooling or certain public health services. Capps added that keeping the program open probably made sense because checking the legal statutes of coupon applicants could be prohibitively expensive.
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6486329.html

* Illegal Aliens Can Get $40 Digital TV Coupons
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