host: gretta goodwin with us taking your calls and questions. dale is in chesapeake beach, maryland. republican. go ahead. caller: i wanted to make a couple quick comments. all of 2017 especially or even during the election there was a lot of backlash about the border wall effort and how much it was going to cost and how it was a big waste of money. to $20 anywhere from 10 billion. obviously it wouldn't stop all illegal immigration but if we are talking three to $4 billion a year that it's costing our government state local and of theseo put all people through our justice system it sounds like that would pay for that while over five to 10 years. studytion about the regarding what's criminal or not. isn't crossing the border illegally itself still a violation of the law and does that not get counted as to whether someone is classified as a criminal illegal alien? the bordersing illegally is considered a crime. we list some of the types of crimes for which they are incarcerated. one of the largest percentages of those is immigration. when we talk

a very small percentage. >> host: gretta goodwin taking your calls and questions. dale is up first in chesapeake beach, maryland, a republican. go ahead. >> caller: i wanted to make a couple quick comments. 2017 or during the election there was a lot of backlash about the border wall and how much it was going to cost and a waste of money, i heard $10-$20 billion. obviously a border wall wouldn't stop all illegal immigration, but if we are talking 3 to $4 billion a year costing our government, state, local and federal, to get these people through the justice system it sounds like that would pay for that wall over 5 to 10 years. on top of that a question about the study regarding what is criminal or not, isn't crossing the border illegal itself, a violation of the law? does that not get counted whether someone is classified as a criminal illegal alien? >> host: start with the second question first. >> guest: crossing the border illegally is considered a crime. when we did our study we list the types of crimes they are incarcerated, one of the largest percentages of t

host: gretta goodwin with us taking your calls and questions.ale is in chesapeake beach, maryland. republican. go ahead. caller: i wanted to make a couple quick comments. all of 2017 especially or even during the election there was a lot of backlash about the border wall effort and how much it was going to cost and how it was a big waste of money. to $20 anywhere from 10 billion. obviously it wouldn't stop all illegal immigration but if we are talking three to $4 billion a year that it's costing our government state local and of theseo put all people through our justice system it sounds like that would pay for that while over five to 10 years. studytion about the regarding what's criminal or not. isn't crossing the border illegally itself still a violation of the law and does that not get counted as to whether someone is classified as a criminal illegal alien? the bordersing illegally is considered a crime. we list some of the types of crimes for which they are incarcerated. one of the largest percentages of those is immigration. when we talk ab

gretta goodwin of the government accountability office joins us to talk about a new report that tracks immigrant incarceration and its cost to the federal government.