Legislators in the Maryland General Assembly must come to an agreement today on whether illegal immigrants should be able to have a driver’s license, or face dealing with the matter in a special legislative session.

Prompted by requirements to comply with a federal security law known as Real ID, Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley and lawmakers have pushed to overhaul the state’s current rules for issuing driver’s licenses so that applicants have to prove they are either U.S. citizens or are in the country legally.

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