Your link is to old comments made by 5 Democrats, including Ciro Rodriquez who was replaced by Quico Conseco in 2010.
Some of the money went to San Antonio, Houston and Dallas (known targets due to their size and importance in Texas and the US’ economy), and other places that deal with customs and immigration - and those Federal hearings on illegal aliens - the ones where the people are given a date to appear - and then disappear.
We allocate $100 million of our own State Tax funds to border security and will increase that in the next 2 years.
The 2009 audit found that although the money was “generally spent the way it was intended, some local governments weren’t spending money as they said they would
http://www.homeland1.com/homeland-security-grants/articles/475610-Texas-lawmakers-angered-by-spending-of-border-security-money/
The recent media coverage of the review of DHS audits by the Feds is full of contradictory statements -
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Audit-questions-Texas-Homeland-Security-spending-2155568.php
Most of the money was spent “efficiently,” but the oversight did not meet the fed’s standards.
It does appear that we need to monitor Kleburg County (a Dem border County that bought 2 Camaros to patrol in) and other Dem strongholds more carefully. (However, even Dem-controlled Sequin had a fair excuse for their fish tank and animal cage - to be able to take care of fish and other pets for hurricane refugees. They were obviously influenced by experience from Rita and Ike, etc.)
As for how the Feds respond - look at what happened when they showed up in Montgomery County during this month’s fires:https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=197603266974809
You guys just simply refuse to see and admit vast sums of Federal Dallars have been sent to Texas with out resolving the problem there of illegal infilitration.....until the border is closed...a fence built..and arming Patrols to fire at those who cross it is simply throwing money into the wind as long as Perry encourages illegals to come to his state...feeds and houses them...and refuses to build a fence and close the border or clean out the trash.