41 GOP Senators Ask GAO to Evaluate Biden’s Border Wall Funding Freeze

Construction crews work on a new section of the U.S.-Mexico border fencing at El Nido de las Aguilas, eastern Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico, on Jan. 20, 2021. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on March 17 led 40 Republican colleagues to sign a letter asking the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate whether President Joe Biden’s suspension of funding and construction of the southern border wall was justified under federal law.

On his first day in office, Biden signed an executive order that halted construction on the wall and ordered a suspension of congressional funds allocated for the project. Biden also signed an order that canceled the emergency designation at the U.S.-Mexico border.