Md. mistake could cost some immigrants their commercial driver’s licenses

The Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration issued more than 250 notices this month to holders of commercial driver’s licenses across the state warning them that their licenses would be canceled unless they proved their citizenship or permanent residency within 30 days.

The bulk of those letters went to Maryland residents who have work permits through a federal “Temporary Protected Status” program, which shields immigrants of certain countries from deportation and gives them permission to work in the United States.

The notices were triggered by an internal audit of the Motor Vehicle Administration that found the agency had erred in giving TPS permit holders — from El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua — permission to drive commercial ­vehicles.

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