What ARE issued by the Consulates are Mexican Matricula Consular's - which have all the validity of toilet paper, and are sold on the streets of L.A. by pretty much anyone, to anyone.
And the idiots in California cities gave in to Mexican government pressure to accept these jokes as "identification". As well as other cities. Including in Arizona.
But not no more...too too bad, pobrecitos.
Actually, it was the Republican idiots in Washington D.C., specifically, the Bush Administration who pushed this change through to benefit Bush's Wall Street Banker buddies who wanted to tap into the illegal alien market. And tap into it, they did.
Banking regulations were loosened under Bush's plans, such as the Partnership for Prosperity agreement (with Mexican), New Alliance Task Force and was banks were allowed to accept the consular ID when Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 into law.
Once the banks had the express permission of the federal government to do business with illegal aliens, they went full tilt, by signing up, literally, tens of millions of illegal aliens for US credit cards, auto, home and business loans.
The result is the economy we're now enjoying. Remember that in 2012.
If you want to read the full details of how Bush sold out the US, visit my FR home page.