State Department Pledges $10 Billion to Develop Central America, Southern Mexico

Article CAIRCO note: 
Why would we do that? We can't even fund our own border wall.
Article publisher: 
Breitbart
Article date: 
19 December 2018
Article category: 
National News
Medium
Article Body: 

The U.S. State Department announced on Tuesday that it is pledging more than $10 billion to help strengthen the economies of Central America and Southern Mexico to stem the flow of thousands of migrants surging into the country.

“The United States pledged $5.8 billion in aid and investment Tuesday for strengthening government and economic development in Central America and another $4.8 billion in development aid for southern Mexico,” the Associated Press (AP) reported....


 

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Trump Administration To Give Ten Billion Dollars To Mexico And Central America. And They Can't Build A Wall?, by Alan Wall, VDare, December 19, 2018:

... Ebrard had previously suggested about $25 billion in U.S. investment would be an appropriate figure for what Mexicans and Central Americans have dubbed “The Alliance for Prosperity” in the region.
 
Hmm, $25 billion? Isn't that about what the wall would cost?
 
Bottom line: If the U.S. has billions of dollars to give to Mexico and Central America, where is the money to spend on the wall?

 

CAIRCO note

Why should American taxpayers finance other nations under the false premise that it will stop illegal entry into America?

BUILD THE DAMNED WALL!