The first day of Colorado's get-tough stand on illegal immigration opened with a whimper today with a few technical glitches and paperwork problems reported statewide.

By noon, an expected line-up of homeless and indigent people seeking coveted identification waivers never materialized at state offices in downtown Denver.

Across town, though, city social service caseworkers scurried to find the right documents for people to affirm they are in the United States legally. State officials had not provided counties with the proper paperwork in time.