Trump administration officials have been given a deadline of next week to submit declarations explaining the decision not to turn around deportation flights of Venezuelan migrants, despite a legal order to do so.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is investigating whether the Republican administration deliberately ignored his instruction to turn around two planes carrying Venezuelan migrants out of the U.S. in March.

As part of a contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg has ordered Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem and other officials, to submit declarations by December 5 explaining their actions.

The Trump administration has denied any violation and Newsweek has contacted the DHS for comment by email outside of office hours.

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