The House passed the Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals (BOWOW) Act on Thursday, with 190 Democrats voting against the legislation that would render foreign nationals and noncitizens inadmissible to the United States and subject to deportation if they are convicted of, or admit to, harming animals used in law enforcement.
The bill, which is based on an Egyptian man allegedly kicking a CBP detection beagle named Freddie, who helped catch him smuggling prohibited food, now goes to the graveyard known as the U.S. Senate.
Speaker Mike Johnson noted on social media that Democrats are now officially the “party of PUNCHING PUPPIES.”
“The Democrats just decided to officially become the party of PUNCHING PUPPIES. 190 Democrats just voted to give illegal immigrants the RIGHT TO PHYSICALLY ABUSE American service dogs — serving with law enforcement protecting American citizens. The level Democrats will go to protect illegal aliens instead of Americans is disturbing, disgusting, and dangerous,” Johnson said in a post shared on X.
The Democrats just decided to officially become the party of PUNCHING PUPPIES.
190 Democrats just voted to give illegal immigrants the RIGHT TO PHYSICALLY ABUSE American service dogs — serving with law enforcement protecting American citizens.
The level Democrats will go to…
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 19, 2026
The Egyptian man, 70-year-old Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, pleaded guilty to kicking the 5-year-old CBP detection dog in June 2025, causing rib contusions. Marie was sentenced to time served, ordered to pay $840 in veterinary bills, and deported to Egypt.
🚨 JUST IN: The US House has PASSED the BOWOW Act, which makes any non-citizen who assaults or harms a federal working dog AUTOMATICALLY deportable, 228-190
This comes after an Egyptian man KICKED CBP Detection Dog Freddie, who caught him SMUGGLING illegal goods into the US… pic.twitter.com/yQfq5QnJYo
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) March 19, 2026
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on X:
So let me get this straight…
In the past 48 hours, Democrats have voted:
a) NOT to deport illegals who hurt animals
b) NOT to deport illegals who fraudulently steal money from taxpayers
c) NOT to secure American elections from illegalsWHAT?!!!!!pic.twitter.com/ogGVpaQKZx
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) March 19, 2026
Help me make this make sense.
190 Democrats voted to give illegal immigrants the RIGHT to physically abuse American Service Dogs.
If they even tried to abuse my not very serviceable but cute dogs, I’d go nuts.
Where is @peta— WebWit (@webberwit) March 19, 2026
— Cake Czar (@Paulafairydust) March 19, 2026
Of course.
Democrats can’t win elections without illegal votes.
Everyone in America knows this except for @LeaderJohnThune— Christina🇺🇸 (@faithfulsoul70) March 19, 2026
Democrats: showing their true colors vote after vote. This isn’t a surprise. We’ve found out after decades of lies that the Democrats are NOT the party of environmental concern, NOT the party of animal rights, NOT the party of putting Americans safety first, and so on. Democrats…
— Anne🎹🎶🇺🇸 (@AnneKristin0806) March 19, 2026
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Tom Tillison grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills. Tillison also contributes to BizPac Review.
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