Nearly all House Democrats voted against a bill to ensure migrants can be deported for harming animals used by law enforcement officials. The bill, known as the Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals Act (BOWOW Act) passed in a 228-190 vote, the Hill reported.
While Republicans, along with 15 Democrats, voted in favor of the bill, 190 Democrats opposed the bill. Under the BOWOW Act, a non-citizen of the United States who is “convicted of, or who admits to having committed, an offense related to harming animals used in law enforcement is inadmissible and deportable.” In a post on X, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) expressed that the Democratic Party was now “the party of PUNCHING PUPPIES” after 190 Democrats opposed the bill.
