A Minnesota photojournalist is challenging a nationwide temporary flight restriction banning drone flights within 3,000 feet of Department of Homeland Security assets. Minnesota Reformer reports that drone photographer Rob Levine is challenging the temporary flight restriction, known as a TFR, which was put in place on January 16, 2026, essentially creating a nationwide, moving no-fly zone around DHS buildings and vehicles, including unmarked ICE cars. “You have no way of knowing in advance before you fire up the drone whether you are within a prohibited distance of, say, an unmarked car that ICE is using for immigration enforcement,” Grayson Clary tells Minnesota Reformer. Clary is a staff attorney at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which is representing Levine in the case. The January 16 ban came during Operation Metro Surge, an operation led by ICE and the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with the goal of apprehending undocumented immigrants in Minnesota.…