Customs

Trafficking pangolins and their derivatives attracts severe penalties. Under the recently passed Endangered Species Conservation and Protection Bill, offenders risk fines of up to ₦12 million and prison terms of up to 10 years.

— Abdulhamid Ibrahim, Acting Customs Area Controller, Ogun I Command, Idiroko, during the handover ceremony of the seized pangolins

I feel like I just finished a round of non-consensual torture. I am grateful that the pain has stopped. I'm happy that the habitat gets to rest for at least one day and the native graves are stilled from the vibrations of heavy machinery.

— Bryan Devonshire, owner and founder of Astro Mucho, a stargazing business in Terlingua, describing his reaction to the pause in border-security construction at Big Bend National Park.

ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do. Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public.

— Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director on policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, commenting on ICE plans.