Things are getting even more dicey for non-citizens in the U.S.. Why? Because the BOWOW Act is now in play. What is the BOWOW Act, you ask? It is a bill that outlaws wounding of official working animals. In short, if a person is in the United States on a VISA, or is an undocumented immigrant, and unlawfully engages with a dog, he will be kicked out of the country in perpetuity (forever). The bill came to life because of a June incident at Virginia’s Dulles Airport where an Egyptian immigrant assaulted a Customs and Border Protection agriculture detection dog after the animal found banned products in the man’s luggage. Mess with government dogs, pay the price.
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