U.S. District Judge James Boasberg has ordered a hearing on his effort to determine whether the Trump administration violated his order to pause the deportation flights of alleged Venezuelan criminal migrants.

According to Politico reporter Kyle Cheney, Boasberg set the hearing for 3 p.m. Thursday, ordering the Justice Department to explain how it didn’t violate the court’s temporary order restraining migrant removals.

Boasberg is trying to determine if the administration ignored his turnaround order this month when at least two flights of Venezuelan nationals were en route.

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