The FAA has created nationwide moving drone no-fly zones around ICE vehicles and convoys, with criminal penalties for violating the restricted airspace.
Don’t fly FAA compliant drones near ice operations they will track you down.
And especially don’t fly non FAA compliant, no remote id, drones near ice operations. That would be super illegal because they would have basically no way of tracking you. Most semi ready to fly fpv drones do not come with remote id, just so you know what not to buy and not fly around ice operations.
The original text is here: https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=detail_6_4375
But it’s not mobile friendly so:
FDC 6/4375 FDC PART 1 OF 4 SECURITY NOTICE…NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (UAS) OPERATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO SELECT LOCATIONS AND MOBILE ASSETS NATIONWIDE. THIS NOTAM REPLACES NOTAM FDC 5/6378. PURSUANT TO 14 CFR SECTION 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS (SSI), ALL UNMANNED ACFT ARE PROHIBITED FROM FLYING WITHIN A STAND-OFF DISTANCE OF 3000FT LATERALLY AND 1000FT ABOVE UNLESS INDICATED BY THE FAA BY NOTAM OR OTHER MEANS. TO: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD), DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE), AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) FACILITIES AND MOBILE ASSETS, INCLUDING VESSELS AND GROUND VEHICLE CONVOYS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED ESCORTS, SUCH AS UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (USCG) OPERATED VESSELS. PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. SECTION 40103(B)(3), THE FAA CLASSIFIES THE AIRSPACE DEFINED IN THIS NOTAM AND IN FURTHER DETAIL BY THE FAA WEBSITE IDENTIFIED BELOW AS ‘NATIONAL DEFENSE AIRSPACE’. UAS OPERATORS WHO DO NOT COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES MAY FACE THE FOLLOWING ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS: THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY PURSUE CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING CHARGES UNDER 49 USC SECTION 2601161905-2710291430 END PART 1 OF 4 FDC 6/4375 FDC PART 2 OF 4 SECURITY NOTICE…NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY FOR 46307; AND THE FAA MAY TAKE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION, INCLUDING IMPOSING CIVIL PENALTIES AND REVOKING FAA CERTIFICATES OR AUTH TO OPERATE UNDER TITLE 49 USC SECTIONS 44709 AND 46301. IN ADDITION, UAS OPERATORS WHO ARE DEEMED TO POSE A CREDIBLE SAFETY OR SECURITY THREAT TO PROTECTED PERSONNEL, FAC, OR ASSETS MAY BE MITIGATED PURSUANT TO 10 U.S.C. SECTION 130I, 6 U.S.C. SECTION 124N, AND 50 U.S.C. SECTION 2661. OR OTHER APPLICABLE LEGAL AUTHORITY. MITIGATION MAY RESULT IN THE INTERFERENCE, INTERCEPTION, SEIZURE, DAMAGING, OR DESTRUCTION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT DEEMED TO POSE A CREDIBLE SAFETY OR SECURITY THREAT TO PROTECTED PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, OR ASSETS. THE FAA RECOMMENDS THAT UAS OPERATORS NEEDING TO OPERATE IN THE INDICATED AIRSPACE FOR OVERRIDING REASONS OF PUBLIC INTEREST OR NECESSITY (SUCH AS IN DIRECT SUPPORT OF AN ACTIVE NATIONAL DEFENSE, HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, SEARCH AND RESCUE, OR DISASTER RESPONSE MISSION) COORDINATE IN ADVANCE WITH THE APPROPRIATE DOD, DHS, DOJ, DOE, OR USCG ENTITY, OR BY CONTACTING THE 2601161905-2710291430 END PART 2 OF 4 FDC 6/4375 FDC PART 3 OF 4 SECURITY NOTICE…NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY FOR FAA. DOD, DHS, DOJ, DOE, AND USCG POINTS OF CONTACT FOR SPECIFIC COVERED FACILITIES AND MOBILE ASSETS MAY BE AVAILABLE ON THE FOLLOWING FAA WEBSITE: https://udds-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/. OPERATORS UNABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COORDINATE WITH DOD, DHS, DOJ, DOE, OR USCG POINTS OF CONTACT MAY CONTACT THE FAA SYSTEM OPERATIONS SUPPORT CENTER (SOSC) AT (202) 267-8276 FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAA APPLIES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS (SSI) PURSUANT TO 14 C.F.R. SECTION 99.7 OR OTHER AIRSPACE MEASURES THAT RESTRICT UAS OPERATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO FACILITIES AND MOBILE ASSETS COVERED BY 6 U.S.C. SECTION 124N, 10 U.S.C. SECTION 130I, AND 50 U.S.C. SECTION 2661. HOWEVER, IMPLEMENTING ADVANCED SSI OR OTHER AIRSPACE MEASURES MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE FOR ALL COVERED ASSETS AND MOBILE ASSET OPERATIONS. UAS OPERATORS SHOULD THEREFORE EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN FLYING IN PROXIMITY OF ALL DOD, DHS, DOJ, AND DOE FACILITIES AND MOBILE ASSETS, AND USCG MOBILE ASSETS. IF YOU HAVE GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING UAS OPERATIONS, PLEASE REFER 2601161905-2710291430 END PART 3 OF 4 FDC 6/4375 FDC PART 4 OF 4 SECURITY NOTICE…NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY FOR TO WWW.FAA.GOV/UAS/CONTACT; OR CONTACT THE FAA VIA EMAIL AT UASHELP@FAA.GOV OR PHONE AT (844) FLY-MY-UA. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING UAS-SPECIFIC SSI, PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING FAA WEBSITE: https://udds-faa.opendata.arcgis.com/; OR CONTACT THE FAA SOSC AT (202)267-8276. 2601161905-2710291430 END PART 4 OF 4
Here you go Minneapolis, there is apparently no ICE anywhere: https://arcg.is/0TuDW11
- At the time of posting it only shows the no fly zones for the airports and one for the air force located at the airport.
If a convoy is unmarked or if they identify themselves as police but they are actually DHS, you could easily violate this NOTAM without ever knowing it.
Thanks, FAA, for letting us know where the ICE operations are. So we can obey legal rules. And stuff.
I’ll be sure to wipe my ass with this regulation like I do all the other ones I ignore.
Fuck ICE fuck the FAA and fuck trying to limit documentation of the descent into Fascism Deluxe
How strict is this enforcement? Like ICE enforcement of 2nd amendment rights strict? Or ICE enforcement of 4th amendment rights strict?
