By Adam Pack | Fox News
Published March 19, 2026 10:34am EDT
几乎所有民主党人都在周四反对一项针对伤害执法动物的非公民的法案。
议员们以228-190的投票结果（基本按党派立场）通过了该法案，仅有15名民主党议员投了”赞成”票。所有投票的共和党人都支持该立法。
由共和党众议员肯·卡尔弗特（Ken Calvert，R-Calif.）提出的《禁止伤害官方工作动物法案》（Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals，简称BOWOW法案）规定，任何被判定伤害或承认伤害用于执法行动的动物的非公民将被驱逐，且不得返回美国。
卡尔弗特在提出该法案时表示：”在联邦执法工作中与我们的官员并肩作战的警犬和警马值得我们保护。[该法案]向我们的四条腿朋友发出明确信号：我们将坚决维护它们的权益，对任何袭击它们的移民零容忍。”
[警犬与其他K-9警犬在2005年10月12日加利福尼亚州长滩的行动中集结]（Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images）
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卡尔弗特援引了2025年6月杜勒斯机场的一起事件：埃及旅客哈米德·阿里·玛丽（Hamed Aly Marie）在安检时踢向正在筛查行李的警犬，该犬成功查获走私农产品。这名外国公民被海关和边境保护局（CBP）当场逮捕，承认对警犬恶意袭击并被遣返回埃及。
这位加州共和党人的法案本可使玛丽面临驱逐并被禁止再次入境美国。
加州共和党众议员汤姆·麦克林托克（Tom McClintock）周四支持该法案时表示：”我们至少能达成共识吗？在机场踢打一只5岁的比格犬的行为，难道不该让外国人永远失去再次入境的资格吗？”
多数民主党人反对该法案，理由是现有法律已能对违法者进行驱逐。
[2026年3月5日，众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯在华盛顿国会山投票前发表讲话]（Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images）
共和党议员对拜登顾问在非法移民法律问题上的”我不知道”回答表示愤怒
民主党人还担心，卡尔弗特的法案允许在正式定罪前就驱逐移民，这会侵犯合法移民的正当程序权利。
众议院民主党议员杰米·拉斯金（Jamie Raskin，D-Md.）周四在众议院发言时说：”这就是美国正在讨论的内容：唐纳德·特朗普未经授权、未声明的’选择战争’。国会中的MAGA共和党人本周在讨论什么？他们在讨论BOWOW法案。”
鉴于参议院民主党人的预期反对，该法案在参议院可能会胎死腹中。
[2021年7月22日，民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金在华盛顿众议院议长南希·佩洛西办公室外对记者讲话]（Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images）
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除BOWOW法案外，众议院共和党人本周还通过了一项针对在美国进行欺诈的非公民的法案。周三，所有共和党议员和20名民主党议员支持一项法案，规定任何被判定欺诈政府或承认欺诈政府的非公民将被驱逐，并禁止未来入境。
寻求连任的民主党议员玛丽·格吕森坎普·佩雷斯（Marie Gluesenkamp Perez，D-Wash.）是其中最脆弱的议员之一，她明确反对该法案。
House Democrats vote against deporting immigrants who harm police dogs, horses
By Adam Pack | Fox News
Published March 19, 2026 10:34am EDT
Nearly all Democrats opposed legislation Thursday targeting noncitizens who harm law enforcement animals.
Lawmakers voted 228-190 largely along party lines to approve the measure, with just 15 Democratic lawmakers voting “yes.” All Republicans who voted supported the legislation.
The Bill to Outlaw Wounding of Official Working Animals (BOWOW) Act, introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., would make any noncitizen who is convicted of or admits to harming animals used in law enforcement operations deportable and not allowed to return.
“The dogs and horses on the front lines of our federal law enforcement efforts alongside our officers deserve our protection,” Calvert said upon introducing the legislation. “[It] sends a clear message that we will stand up for our four-legged friends and have zero tolerance for any immigrants who assault them.”
A police dog joins other K-9s from over 100 agencies in Long Beach, Calif., on Oct. 12, 2005.(Jeff Gritchen/Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)
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Calvert cited an incident at Dulles Airport in June 2025 when Hamed Aly Marie, an Egyptian traveler, kicked a police K-9 that was screening his luggage and caught smuggled produce. The foreign national, who was promptly arrested by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), pleaded guilty to malicious assault on a police animal and returned to Egypt.
The California Republican’s legislation would have made Marie eligible for deportation and inadmissible to the United States.
“Can’t we at least all agree that kicking a 5-year-old beagle at an airport should disqualify a foreign national from entering our country ever again?” Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif, said in support of the measure Thursday.
A majority of Democrats opposed the legislation because they argued that offenders could already be deported under existing law.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks before an upcoming House vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 5, 2026.(Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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Democrats also raised concerns that Calvert’s measure would infringe on legal immigrants’ due process rights by allowing for their removal before obtaining a formal conviction.
“Here’s what America is talking about: Donald Trump’s unauthorized, undeclared war of choice,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said on the House floor Thursday. “What are MAGA Republicans in Congress talking about this week? They’re talking about the BOWOW Act.”
The legislation will likely be dead on arrival in the Senate given expected opposition from Democrats in that chamber.
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks to reporters outside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 2021.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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In addition to the BOWOW Act, House Republicans also passed legislation this week seeking to crack down on noncitizens who commit fraud in the United States. All GOP lawmakers — and 20 Democrats — supported a measure on Wednesday that would make noncitizens who are convicted of or admit to defrauding the government eligible for deportation and banned from future entry.
Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., one of the most vulnerable Democrats running for re-election, notably opposed the measure.
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