gary, independente, y are with paul gosar of arizona. caller: how are you doing? guest: i cannot complain. caller: i am so glad. i have two questions i have trying -- have been trying to get asked and so far nobody has the decency or character to answer them within a reasonable amount of time. illegals it cost for aliens to become a u.s. citizen, and what is the cost for legal immigration to the dollar figure? will you start taking care of american citizens? we have homeless people on the streets. we have people out of work. we are paying people not to work. and nobody has the guts to do it long, say you are for the but then you turn around and you are against the law. the cost for illegal immigration is over $100 billion in a yearly application, so legal immigration, i do not know how you define that because i think the rewards are over and above. we are coming to tha aspect when you see that our job market, we have more jobs employed than two is -- who is employed. if we needed when million people to come in, i would rather go to legal immigration. in regards to

. >> this is representative paul gosar, republican of arina, he sethe fourth district,o a member of the freedom caucus, good morning? good morning. >> inside the freedom caucus itself there is a debate going on wh i comes to legal immigration. could you give us the characterization of that debate. >> yeah, we are trying to come up with a solution that looks at what the american people wanted, they wanted border security, with he promised border security. they want to have the conversation about legal imion, why is it taking so long for people to come into this country the right way, and thennty ander bord enforcement as well as interior enforcement. that's what they want to see. they want to also see a conversation in regards to the daca recipients, but i don't think it's exactly what everybody else thinks that should be. i don't think there is a pathway to citizenship that most people look at, this he want to be share, but they want to be fair across the board with everybody. not victimizing one peole over another. thatin tto helpt debate.to find we've got great people, raul labrador a

gary, independent line, you are on with paul gosar of arizona. caller: how are you doing?st: i cannot complain. caller: i am so glad. i have two questions i have trying -- have been trying to get asked and so far nobody has the decency or character to answer them within a reasonable amount of time. illegals it cost for aliens to become a u.s. citizen, and what is the cost for legal immigration to the dollar figure? will you start taking care of american citizens? we have homeless people on the streets. we have people out of work. we are paying people not to work. and nobody has the guts to do it long, say you are for the but then you turn around and you are against the law. guest: the cost for illegal immigration is over $100 billion in a yearly application, so legal immigration, i do not know how you define that because i think the rewards are over and above. we are coming to that aspect when you see that our job market, we have more jobs employed than two is -- who is employed. if we needed when million people to come in, i would rather go to legal immigration. in regard

will talk about the results of tuesday'smaries azona republicanongresan paul gosar discusses divisio innep conference on immigration policy. then democratic congressman from rhode island, david cicilline, talks about democratic messaging heading into the 2018 midterm elections. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. sa is an author filmmaker and most recently in the news for receiving a pardon from president trump, joining us from houston, texas. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remi viewe of t situation that caused you to get the pardon in the first place? guest: yes. my college friend wendy long was running for the u.s. senate in new york in 2012. we've been friends for 25 years. i gave her $10,000, the campaign-finance limits. i wanted to do more for her campaign. i convinced two of my friends to donate $10,000 aece. reimbursed them. i exceeded the campaign-finance limit by $20,000. host: how would someone else have been fined or punished for doing that and how did you end up going to a fac

sentative paul gosar, republican of arizona, who serves the fourth district and is a member of the freedom caucus. guest: good morning. host: there is a debate going on within the caucus on immigration, can you give us the characterization of that debate? guest: we are trying to come up with a solution that looks at what the american people wanted, they wanted border security and were promised border security. they want to have a conversation about illegal immigration, why is it taking so long for people to come into the country the right way, and borde

morning, will elections reporter talk about the results of tuesday'smaries azona republicanongresan paul gosar discusses divisio innep conference on immigration policy. then democratic congressman from rhode island, david cicilline, talks about democratic messaging heading into the 2018 midterm elections. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. sa is an author filmmaker and most recently in the news for receiving a pardon from president trump, joining us from houston, texas. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remi viewe of t situation that caused you to get the pardon in the first place? guest: yes. my college friend wendy long was running for the u.s. senate in new york in 2012. we've been friends for 25 years. i gaveer