"No-fly zones" around moving ICE vehicles? This drone pilot fought back—and won.

"No-fly zones" around moving ICE vehicles? This drone pilot fought back—and won.

Civil liberty concerns spur FAA to revise drone no-fly zones near ICE vehicles.

Minneapolis Drone Journalist Rob Levine Forces FAA To Pull No-Fly Zones That Followed Invisible ICE Vehicles Across America

In January 2026, as Minneapolis was still processing the death of 37-year-old Renee Good at the hands of a federal agent, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a flight restriction that created roving 3,000-foot no-fly zones around every Department of Homeland Security (DHS) vehicle in the United States, including unmarked ones, moving ones, and ones whose routes were never announced. For freelance photojournalist Rob Levine, who had …