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Immigrants Wait Day After Day for Licenses in Md.
Apr 21st - 6:51am

GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Getting a Maryland driver's license is getting tougher for immigrants.

The Motor Vehicle Administration has scrapped its policy of taking appointments for immigrants to get licenses because officials say there was a high no-show rate. Since then overnight lines for immigrant licenses have formed outside the Gaithersburg office, and they're growing longer by the day.

The problem is that more people are getting in line than the MVA can handle in one day. So people are coming back night after night to put their name on a waiting list, then waiting all day for their name to come up. If they don't get in, the whole process is repeated each day, as more people get in line.

Some report waiting as many as 15 nights in line.

MVA Administrator David Hugel says the agency is considering prescreening people to make sure they have the right paperwork, offering the service at more locations and bringing back the appointment system.