Drone pilot makes US rescind no-fly zones around unmarked, moving ICE vehicles

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/no-fly-zones-around-moving-ice-vehicles-this-drone-pilot-fought-back-and-won/

92•Bender•2h ago

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delichon•1h ago

Unmarked no-fly zones at unannounced times and locations are a remarkable innovation. Hopefully they will tell you when and where you shouldn't have been when they charge you for it, but that may be classified.

helterskelter•59m ago

Up next, secret interpretations of laws to do things with zero accountability or public overaight. Oh wait we already have that.

solid_fuel•34m ago

Before you know it, they'll be detaining people without legal representation, shipping them to overseas black sites, and murdering citizens in the street. Oh, wait that's been the entirety of this treasonous administration.

hn_throwaway_99•13m ago

Ambiguous laws (which in this case are by definition impossible to comply with) which are capriciously enforced are a hallmark of authoritarian and fascist regimes. Sadly ironic, the US government used to highlight this fact:

"Authoritarian regimes’ unclear laws make anyone a suspect" - https://ge.usembassy.gov/authoritarian-regimes-unclear-laws-...

duxup•5m ago

Heck if they do tell you, ICE swaps plates and tries to hide in various ways.

The evidence could be just some regular looking vehicle you can't find anything about and it's just "trust me bro those were feds" and you're out of luck.

tamimio•1h ago

> the order extended no-fly zones to ground vehicles belonging to the Department of Homeland Security. Even while the vehicles were in motion. Even if they were unmarked. And even if their routes had not been announced.

I want to know the genius who wrote this, and the mastermind who approved it.

nkrisc•1h ago

Whoever it was knew exactly what they were doing, and it was intentional.

lenerdenator•37m ago

Someone who doesn't get that we're supposed to have a representative government with enumerated powers in this country.

Or maybe they do get that, but find it incredibly inconvenient to their own aspirations.

solid_fuel•36m ago

This is exactly how corrupt, authoritarian governments have always operated.

fluoridation•28m ago

Do no-fly zones extend indefinitely upwards? If so, can you build a no-fly wall out of cars?

kccqzy•16m ago

The article states 1,000 vertical feet. Obviously this is targeting small drones and not commercial aircraft or even general aviation.

avazhi•13m ago

AI?

avazhi•15m ago

Why would you allow drones near moving vehicles in the first place, ICE or not?

The FAA needs to get off its ass with drones, it’s only a matter of time before some dipshit trying to get TikTok footage or an actual bad actor brings down a fucking airliner with one of these. It’s insane to me how unregulated drones generally are.

actionfromafar•10m ago

And don't get me started on unregulated basketballs, many of those have much more mass than some of the smaller drones! We need to close the basketball gap, now.

avazhi•4m ago

Comparing a basketball to a drone might have made sense to you when you first thought about it, but surely at some point in the comment drafting process you ought to have realised how laughable that is.

Do better or just don’t waste others’ time.

gbin•5m ago

What are you talking about. Read part 107. Flying a drone is almost as hard as flying legally a private plane. Fines are huge. They are enforced.

avazhi•2m ago

> Flying a drone is almost as hard as flying legally a private plane

What universe are you in?

rconti•4m ago

6/10ths of a mile?

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