"One voter noted that [Ron] Paul was running hard-hitting ads that pledged a crackdown on illegal immigration. He suggested that the campaign promise would entail a beefed up federal bureaucracy and would be inconsistent with Paul's philosophy of reduced government.
Paul said his plan would not mean more federal employees, but rather would bring home border guards now serving in Iraq."[Snubbed by Fox, Paul holds own N.H. forum, By BENNETT ROTH, Houston Chronicle, Jan. 7, 2008 ]