The Department of Homeland Security has announced the release ofhundredsofillegalimmigrants from jails, and the Pentagon has said it has delayed scheduled maintenance on aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln.
Defenders of the law -- angry over the charges of racism permeating the debate -- say it is needed because the federal government has failed to enforce border security with Mexico, allowing hundredsof thousands ofillegalimmigrants to move into in the state.
Agriprocessors lost half its workforce in May when nearly 400 illegalimmigrants were arrested there and hundreds more stopped going to work out of fear.
The agent was killed in a shootout with illegalimmigrants with a weapon linked to Operation Fast and Furious, which saw US agents allowing hundredsof guns to enter Mexico illegally with the hope of tracking them to major arms dealers.