OLYMPIA _ Tomas Villanueva got up at 3a.m. Thursday, made coffee, pulled on two flannel shirts, and drove his old van from the Yakima Valley to the state Capitol. He hoped to win over state lawmakers on a matter important to him. The lawmakers were busy. Villanueva was granted less than two minutes to make his case. Sitting at a microphone, he asked lawmakers to allow more widespread acceptance of Mexican consular ID cards as legitimate identification. The change wouldn't affect Mexicans' immigration status or right to work here, he said. But people need an ID, he said, to open...
