{"id":273514,"date":"2025-10-03T03:19:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273514\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T03:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T03:19:15","slug":"credible-threat-of-drone-attacks-prompted-massive-chicago-airspace-restrictions-cbp-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/273514\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCredible Threat\u201d Of Drone Attacks Prompted Massive Chicago Airspace Restrictions, CBP Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) asked for an unprecedentedly massive drone flight ban<\/a> over Chicago due to a \u201ccredible threat\u201d that law enforcement would be attacked by uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) amid large scale detentions and protests. Their statement was in response to our questions about why such a large Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) was requested. You can catch up with our original story about the TFR here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cCBP requested a Temporary Flight Restriction due to a credible threat of small, unmanned aircraft systems being used against law enforcement during Midway Blitz,\u201d CBP told us. Midway Blitz is the name of the operation taking place in the Chicago area. The flight restriction extends for a 15-mile radius over the greater Chicago area and into Lake Michigan.<\/p>\n

\"FAA\"<\/p>\n

FAA<\/p>\n

The CBP statement did not mention any specifics, but referenced prior incidents of violence during protests <\/a>against the ICE immigration enforcement wave that has resulted in more than 1,000 arrests in several cities around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur brave law enforcement is facing a surge in assaults and violence, including a domestic terrorist shooting in Dallas and Antifa riots in Broadview,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

\"White<\/p>\n

White House<\/p>\n

Last week, a sniper opened fire<\/a> on an ICE detention facility in Dallas. The shooter died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds, while two detainees were wounded.<\/p>\n

\"Law<\/p>\n

Law enforcement and emergency personnel respond near the scene of a shooting at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Dallas, Texas, on September 24, 2025. (Photo by Aric Becker \/ AFP) ARIC BECKER<\/p>\n

In Broadview, as we mentioned in our previous story<\/a>, protests against the ICE arrests have been aimed at a federal facility in this suburb located about 10 miles west of Chicago. The facility is being used to detain hundreds of people<\/a> arrested on suspected immigration violations. At least five people have been arrested amid clashes between protesters and agents<\/a> in which chemical agents have been deployed to disperse crowds.<\/p>\n

\"TOPSHOT<\/p>\n

Federal law enforcement officers are confronted by pro-immigration demonstrators outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing center in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. (Photo by OCTAVIO JONES \/ AFP) OCTAVIO JONES<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Trump administration will utilize every tool to keep our law enforcement safe,\u201d CBP added. \u201cThe TFR will be in effect until October 12th.\u201d<\/p>\n

We asked CPB for proof of a threat from small drones, whether any officers had ever been attacked this way before, and if this was the first time they issued such an explanation. We also contacted a lawyer\u2019s group representing protestors and the Chicago mayor\u2019s office. We will provide updates with any pertinent details we get.<\/p>\n

It is unclear if there have been any situations where protestors have used or attempted to use drones to attack officers. The proliferation of small and often commercially available weaponized drones for nefarious purposes is a story we have covered deeply over many years<\/a>. There is increasingly concern that these systems could be used in kinetic attacks within the homeland<\/a> by non-state actors. They are already in common use with drug cartels<\/a> and foreign terror groups, for instance. Yet this is the first time we have heard of claimed intelligence linking them to protests or that these capabilities exist with groups participating in them.<\/p>\n

We will continue to push for answers.<\/p>\n

Contact the author: howard@thewarzone.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Customs and Border Protection (CBP) asked for an unprecedentedly massive drone flight ban over Chicago due to a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":273515,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,141703,31265,5386,1818,20523,2936,141702,12109,141701],"class_list":{"0":"post-273514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-credible-threat","10":"tag-customs-and-border-protection","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-illinois","13":"tag-immigration-and-customs-enforcement","14":"tag-law-enforcement","15":"tag-midway-blitz","16":"tag-temporary-flight-restriction","17":"tag-tfr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115308079881751378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}