The government has filed an appeal after a federal judge ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia as he awaits his trial in the U.S. on human trafficking charges. NBC News' Julia Ainsley has details on Abrego Garcia's case and how he could likely be detained by immigration authorities upon his release.

The government on Sunday appealed a federal judge's order to release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia pending trial on human smuggling charges, another chapter in the saga of the Maryland father who had been erroneously deported to El Salvador.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyers came to his defense Monday afternoon as the government fights to keep him behind bars.