John Torres, former acting director for the Office of Detention and Removal in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told Newsmax Saturday that if the Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration’s effort to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport criminal noncitizens, other immigration enforcement tools remain available.

Torres, appearing on “America Right Now,” addressed the administration’s petition to the high court seeking to overturn a federal judge’s order barring using the Alien Enemies Act to deport illegal immigrants to El Salvador. A three-judge appellate panel recently declined to lift that order.

“So I see this playing out, obviously, going to the Supreme Court, where they’ll have to make a decision whether or not he can actually remove people under the Alien Enemies Act,” Torres said. “The president has the authority to designate terrorist groups and then use that authority to remove them from the country.”

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