House Republicans are urging the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to issue their assessment of President Joe Biden’s decision to halt funds appropriated by the 116th Congress for the construction of the southern border barrier, as being either legal or illegal under current laws. In their most recent attempt to get answers about the legality of Biden’s border wall funding freeze, Republicans sent a letter (pdf) on Tuesday to GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro, requesting an update on the status of that investigation. “In GAO’s testimony, they claimed to have begun looking into President Biden’s decision to freeze funding for the border wall back in January, which means a report and findings are now long overdue,” wrote House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (R-Mo.). “The continued delay only enables the Biden Administration’s failed policies that have created a national security and humanitarian crisis along the southern border.” The GAO previously told Smith’s committee in …