Mexican ID cards have the support of police

petaluma360.com
By MARTIN ESPINOZA
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
Published: Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 9:36 a.m.

They are not get-out-of-jail cards, nor can they be used by illegal immigrants as driver's licenses or as a means to obtain legal U.S. residency.

They are Mexican consular identification cards, and now a valid form of ID in the eyes of Sonoma County law enforcement officials. And for top brass like Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas, Sebastopol Police Chief Jeff Weaver and Santa Rosa Police Chief Tom Schwedhelm, that's all they are.

“It's not about immigration, it's about identification,â€