Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation to El Salvador made him a symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, appears for a check-in at the ICE Baltimore field office three days after his release from criminal custody in Tennessee, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. August 25, 2025. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to appeal a judge's decision ordering the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from immigration detention, the White House said Thursday.

"The administration opposed this activism from a judge who is really acting as a judicial activist, which we've unfortunately seen in many cases across the country," White House Press Secretary said Thursday at a briefing.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal, writing by Christian Martinez)