BOSTON — State Senator Jamie Eldridge erupted on social media this week, denouncing America as “cruel,” “dark,” and “decrepit” after an illegal migrant with a 2015 deportation order was finally removed from the country following nearly a decade of unresolved immigration proceedings.

Fresh off his testimony before the Joint Committee on Public Safety, Eldridge seized on the Logan Airport deportation as proof of what he calls a “mass deportation machine.” He said he receives “texts, calls, or emails every few days” from families of detained migrants and insisted the removal of the Babson College freshman shows the country is “breaking apart families, seeding fear, and destroying lives.”

He described the case — involving an illegal migrant flagged by federal agents for an order issued nearly ten years ago — as part of an era he says will be remembered as “dark, cruel, and decrepit.” Eldridge said future generations will look back and ask what Americans were doing “to stop this terror.”

In his statement, Eldridge cast the deportation as a shocking injustice, highlighting the student’s age, the timing before Thanksgiving, and her ties to Texas, where her family lives. He emphasized that she was deported to a country she left as a child and described the entire sequence as an example of needless suffering under current immigration enforcement.

Eldridge tied the incident directly to his Safe Communities Act, suggesting the deportation illustrates why Massachusetts must limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. He described the situation as exactly the kind of case he hears about “every few days” and used the Logan removal as evidence of a system he claims is harming immigrant families.

Throughout his remarks, Eldridge focused singularly on the human impact he believes the deportation represents, calling the situation “terrifying,” “heart-wrenching,” and emblematic of what he views as an unjust federal approach to immigration.

The deportation itself involved a final removal order dating back to 2015, issued years before the student entered college. Eldridge’s response turned the long-standing case into a broader warning, arguing that the nation’s immigration practices have become morally indefensible and must be confronted.

To Eldridge, the Logan case was not a routine enforcement action but a symbol of everything he believes is wrong with current federal policy — and he made clear he will continue to use moments like this to push for sweeping changes at the state and national level.