If the president isn't lying, what's he doing?

It must run in the family – it's genetic.

Remember the "Read my lips, no more taxes" line delivered with political sincerity by the first President George Bush – and famously ignored with the same sincerity?

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Now his son, the president, has done the same thing

The question is, when a president says it, is it a lie? You decide.

On Dec. 17, 2004, President George Bush signed the National Intelligence Reform Act. The law included the requirement that 10,000 Border Patrol agents would be added over five years – that's 2,000 per year. In addition, the legislation also stipulated that 80 percent of those new agents were designated for our southern border.

Since the majority of the estimated 500,000-plus illegals get into this country every year from Mexico, it made sense. It showed that the president was serious in his stated intent to be concerned about the security of our borders.

Didn't it?

Well, hold on. When it came time to put money for the new agents in the 2006 budget, he cut and ran, coming up with money for only 210 agents. Period. (210?)

What happened to the promised 2,000 a year for five years? Don't know. Maybe he lied, or whatever you want to call it.

But he sounded so sincere. Yeah, it must be genetic.

It's all about illegal aliens and – for American citizens whose lives, businesses, properties and safety are directly threatened by the continual invasion of this country by illegals from all over the world – what the president did isn't just politics.

For them, he's a liar, having said one thing and done another. For them, what he's done betrays of the sanctity of our country, the security of our borders and the value of our citizenship. For them, it adds up to a sellout of our country.

But why, George, why?

President Bush pays lip service to concerns about illegal immigration but that's belied by what he stated clearly in his second inaugural address. He called our immigration system:

"... outdated – unsuited to the needs of our economy and to the values of our country. We should not be content with laws that punish hard-working people who want only to provide for their families, and deny businesses willing workers, and invite chaos at our border."

Let's see ... our values mean "come on in, everybody." Securing borders is "punishment," but since when is following the law for orderly immigration considered punishment for lawbreakers? Immigration laws deny businesses their employees and create border "chaos."

What a farce. It sounds as though he thinks eliminating the border would solve everything. Uh-oh. That's too close for comfort.

The law states that anyone who gets into or stays in this country without following proper immigration procedure commits a felony.

Period. End of story.

It is also illegal for American businesses to hire illegals.

Period. End of that story.

Here's some reality.

Estimates are there are anywhere from 8 to 12 million illegals in this country now, more every day. Most just cross the Mexican border, although there are growing numbers from Canada, due primarily to that country's easy acceptance of foreigners, legal and otherwise.

Estimates are that the cost of illegals in this country to the economy – and each American citizen – is more than $70 billion year. It's more than doubled in eight years and the reason is clear. We've essentially put out the welcome mat. Too many politicians sell out to lobbyists and are more concerned with covering their political back and welcoming the votes of illegals. Yes, they do vote.

The border is porous. Thousands cross every day. There isn't enough manpower or equipment to handle it. If illegals are picked up, there's nowhere to keep them – existing detention facilities are full. Illegal families are often kept in local hotels – at taxpayer expense, of course.

In some cases, Mexican illegals are flown back to their country, where they just turn around and cross the border again. Illegals from other countries (called "OTMs," meaning "other than Mexico") are often checked out to whatever extent is possible (which isn't much) and just released to go – how shall I say it – anywhere they want!

According to the Center for Immigration Studies, some of the largest costs to Americans are: federal school aid ($1.4 billion); food programs including food stamps, WIC, free school lunches ($1.9 billion); medical treatment for the uninsured ($2.2 billion); emergency room health care, Medicaid ($2.5 billion); and federal prison and court systems ($1.6 billion). Every year!

Add the costs to states and municipalities for schools, hospitals, clinics, welfare, housing, job benefits, police, court and jail expenses and legal protection equal to that of citizens – and you've got a nice pot of money spent on people who are here illegally. Not bad for lawbreakers.

The next time the feds, your state, county or city tells you there isn't enough money for needed services for you or, you're asked to vote on bond issues, parcel taxes or increased taxes or fees to fill budget gaps, think about all the billions spent on people who simply by being here are felons. Those dollars would sure pay a lot of teacher's salaries or build roads.

Worse, many states want illegals to have drivers licenses which would give them legal ID to get even more benefits. Colleges waive tuition for illegals – Arkansas is even considering scholarships for them.

New Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, in outlining his goals, plans to step up investigations of human trafficking, expressing concern that "smuggled" aliens are the usual victims. He said nothing about enforcing borders and keeping illegals out.

People who speak out against illegals are automatically slammed as "racists." As though that ends the story. It doesn't. More next week.