Michael Enright’s case is strange. It may be a case of government ingratitude and injustice; certainly Enright wouldn’t be the first victim of that. But it may just be that because he overstayed his visa previously, and because everyone entering from Mexico who has been in Syria is justly scrutinized, that he is caught up in red tape. In any case, the most interesting part of his story is his experience at the border: “According to Enright, those six weeks were the most eye-opening in his life — he said he was detained alongside around 100 other men, many of whom vowed to be “political refugees” claiming asylum all the while openly voicing support for brutal terrorist outfits and insurgencies including ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and the Taliban. ‘There was one guy who was an Afghan pretending to be Pakistani who even told the guard that Taliban were very good and helping a lot of people,’ Enright recalled, noting that he wrote about the incident to his supervisor and the facility’s psychologist, but never heard any more about it.”
How many of them got into the country and are moving about freely here now?
“British actor who joined anti-ISIS fight says he’s having trouble gaining re-entry to England, U.S.,” by Hollie McKay, Fox News, March 18, 2019:
Hollywood actor Michael Enright, who joined anti-ISIS fight, says he agreed to share intelligence in return for being allowed back to U.S., but has been left in limbo.
As the final ISIS enclave in eastern Syria shrinks almost into non-existence – a sign that the terror group’s last fragment of territorial control that once spawned large swaths of Iraq and Syria is almost over – one Western fighter, Michael Enright, who left his Hollywood career to take up arms against the brutal insurgency, says he has been left languishing without a country to safely return to….
“When I first left America I knew there would be a risk I would not be able to come back, but I felt so compelled to go,” he explained. “I had first come to America when I was 19. I had no work experience and no family there, but it became my home.”
Enright said the United States served as his home for decades as he gained a foothold in Hollywood through an array of minor roles in major productions such as “Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Old Dogs” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” But all that came to an end in November 2015 after he completed his first intense YPJ “tour” battling the burgeoning ISIS abroad and tried to enter California on its southern border with Mexico.
Enright said he was flagged entry from Tijuana for having overstayed his visa dating back to his young adult days. He said he was detained for six weeks in a cell, often referred to as a pod.
“At first they were going to do voluntary deportation, which meant I would have paid for my own flight back to the U.K. and I would have tried to work it out with the embassy,” he explained. “But when they found out I had been in Syria it wasn’t voluntary anymore and I was detained.”
According to Enright, those six weeks were the most eye-opening in his life — he said he was detained alongside around 100 other men, many of whom vowed to be “political refugees” claiming asylum all the while openly voicing support for brutal terrorist outfits and insurgencies including ISIS, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and the Taliban.
“There was one guy who was an Afghan pretending to be Pakistani who even told the guard that Taliban were very good and helping a lot of people,” Enright recalled, noting that he wrote about the incident to his supervisor and the facility’s psychologist, but never heard any more about it….
somehistory says
“No good deed goes unpunished.” So he went to Syria and the authorities don’t trust him due to that.
However, they should be data-mining for what he found out there…and what he found out when he was detained with terrorists trying to enter the country as “refugees.”
Some day, perhaps, there will be another term for these guys who pretend to be something they aren’t…
But, sometimes, those who have the opportunity to stop a crime, don’t take it. Evidently, this is one of those times.
gravenimage says
+1
Sons of Liberty says
100 men who many of whom vowed SUPPORT for ISIS , BOKO HARAM , Al SHABAAB and the TALIBAN …., but according to DEMOCRATS and RINOS ……we DON’T have a CRISIS at our border with Mexico ! These IGNORANT , power hungry people are going to get a lot of Americans hurt ! Enright should be allowed back into the US and THANKED for all the information he can give us .
Dreamer says
If most the people wont even bother to read Quran and accept the hate it teaches I dont think we can expect them to bother… oh unless they looking for Islamophobia then you want them jump in to action. They should be hunting down the carriers of the ISLAMOVIRUS.
Paul says
He should have packed a camera and claimed to be a photojournalist. If a claim to be a journalist is to be believed he would have to be impartial and claim to have contacts in the media. Just pointing out what to do in life.
gravenimage says
Man detained at border meets Muslims claiming to be “political refugees” yet openly supporting jihad terror groups
……………….,
Terrifying*.
I hope Enright is allowed back into the US–the chance that he might not be while all of these Jihadists may be is just insanity.
He sounds like a real hero opposing ISIS.
CRUSADER says
A Jekyll and Hyde portrait emerges of the SEAL accused of murdering …
https://www.navytimes.com/…/a-jekyll-and-hyde-portrait-emerges-of-the-seal-accused…
Special Operations Chief Gallagher, a highly decorated Navy SEAL, is fighting murder charges tied to the death of an Islamic State prisoner…
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/11/15/a-jekyll-and-hyde-portrait-emerges-of-the-seal-accused-of-murdering-an-islamic-state-prisoner/
Why not just let the Hyde out?!!!!
Dreamer says
Its a disgrace… what happened to loyalty and decency. it happens in UK as well. a few soldiers have been prosecuted for murder on the battlefield.. and other places. http://www.patfinucanecentre.org/q-there-witch-hunt-against-ex-british-soldiers
mortimer says
Michael Enright poses no risk to Western countries. Michael Enright is the solution, rather than the problem.
There should be an independent Kurdistan immediately to save the Kurds from extermination.
J D.S says
+ 1
Walter Sieruk says
Those Muslims detained at the US/Mexican border who make the claim of being “political refugees ” still fits within the spectrum of Islam . For Islam is a political religion. As it has been said “All Islam is politics .”
For one of the definitions of Terrorism is the terrorism is “The use of violence for the achievement of political ends which is common to state and non- state groups.”
Therefore, Islam with its Islamic terrorism actually fits within this definition. As difficult and hard as this might be for some Westerners, especially Americans, to comprehend and understand. For example, many Americans do strongly understand the concept of the “separation of religion and state.”
For Islam is a religious/ political /Sharia law based system that had total and complete control over the thoughts values , lives , behavior of millions of people around the world. This also included the use of violence to achieve the advancement of the power of Islam. As Islam’s “holy book” the Quran does strangely instructs, as in Surah 2:191, 5:33. 9:5, 111, 47:4.
So the above definition of “non- state group” describes al Qaeda, Boko Haram , Al Shabaab, etc.
For the definition of “state” terrorism the rough state of Iran serve as good example , is i his Islamic terrors it inflects on the Iranian people though is violent ruffians gangs of Islamic state “police” who are called the “Revolutionary Guards.” Furthermore , the state “mullah regime “ of Iran also funds ,supports and uses in violent and murderous Muslim stooge jihad groups and Hezbollah and Hamas to achieve its religious /political agenda . So indeed Islam is political and with its violence fits the above definition.
Islam is in essence, a religious /political Sharia law based system. As so well explained in brief way, by the Muslim tyrant who and ruled Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini when he stated that “All Islam is politics.” [1]
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM by Ibn Warraq , page 332.
J D.S says
Build the wall……protect us now… Not only will it just stop those who are there waiting to hurt us but will ensure our safety for years to come. WHY WOULD ANYONE NOT WANT HIGH SECURITY ? Unless they are traitors…Sorry to say …but it seems as though there are traitors even in the halls of congress.