[NormsRevenge]

The fence which divides Mexico and the U.S. is seen along the common border near the Mexican border town of Tijuana March 2, 2006. The income gap between the U.S. and Mexico is the principal reason why hundreds of thousands of Mexicans cross the border with the U.S. illegally to seek work -- yet it rarely figures in the heated and increasingly emotional debate over immigration now raging in the United States. (Jorge Duenes/Reuters)

[NormsRevenge]

Income gap.

[skip_intro]

An investment of $20 billion a year over the next 10 years in Mexico in roads and communications connecting the poor southern part of Mexico to the North American market, Pastor says, would attract new companies to invest in Mexico and encourage many Mexicans to stay home and others to return.

And how much of that $200 billion would actually be used for the claimed purpose after Mexico's elites took their cut?

I'd guess around $100.

[calcowgirl]

California's proposed $222 Billion Infrastructure plan includes:

   (v) Border access improvements that enhance goods movement between
California and Mexico and that maximize the state's ability to
access coordinated border infrastructure funds made available to the
state by federal law.

(snip)

   (b) Grants for wastewater treatment for economically disadvantaged
small communities, including, but not limited to, communities near
the California-Mexico border.

(snip)

   (e) Containment, cleanup, and remediation projects to prevent
public exposure to contamination in rivers along the
California-Mexico border and for related capital improvements.

[luvbach1]

Factoid: The "border town" of Tijuana has a population of of 1.5 million, making it larger than San Diego.