The Supreme Court handed down its TPS ruling last week, and by now you’ve felt it settle into every conversation, family group chat, and quiet moment at church.

This week, we talk about what that actually means here, the 10,000 workers Massachusetts stands to lose, and the caregiving gap nobody’s ready to talk about.

(There’s good news too, because we refuse to hand you an all-bad-news Thursday.)

A cultural center in our own backyard just turned one.

Let’s get into it.

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 last week that the Trump administration can move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants.

Nationally, the decision could affect roughly 356,000 people.

Here in Massachusetts, about 45,000 TPS holders live, and the largest share of them are Haitian.

Carline Desire, executive director of the Association of Haitian Women in Boston, described her reaction in two words: anger and devastation.

Some of her own family members rely on TPS to stay here legally, and she knows a man who was deported and later died after returning to Haiti.

With the State Department still listing Haiti at “Level 4: Do Not Travel,” she said, “It’s almost like a death sentence for some folks.”

Here’s what you should actually know before making any decisions.

Immigration attorneys stress that TPS holders have not yet lost their status.

The ruling clears the government to proceed, but formal guidance on termination dates and work authorization still needs to be issued.

Attorney Giselle Rodriguez is telling clients to stay informed, keep their documentation, and consult a lawyer.

Many people may still qualify for family-based petitions, asylum, or employment-based relief.

There is no one-size-fits-all answer here.

AFAB’s “Know Your Rights” clinics helped 89 people last year and more than 40 in the first three months of this one.

That number is about to climb.

This is the organization to point your loved one toward.

The Globe’s Katie Johnston framed the ruling around a question most people haven’t asked.

Who takes care of our older and disabled people?

Haitians in Massachusetts have filled the jobs the care economy depends on: direct care, groundskeeping, food prep, and tending to the elderly and developmentally disabled.

Thrive Support and Advocacy in Marlborough hired 41 newly arrived Haitians and, for the first time in a decade, filled every full-time direct-care role.

When the ruling is implemented, 10,000 Massachusetts residents will be out of work and expected to leave.

The ripple effect lands on all of us.

As Hebrew SeniorLife CEO Adam Scott put it, at some point, most of us become rehab patients or long-term care patients.

This touches everyone.

And many of these workers have nowhere to go.

Johnston wrote about a pharmacy tech who built a detailed plan so her US-born son with autism can stay, but she has no plan for herself because the Haiti she’d return to is the one where gangs kidnapped her as a teenager.

That’s the whole story in one person.

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Now, the good news we promised you.

The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts just marked its first year.

It’s the first Haitian cultural center in Boston and, by most accounts, the first of its kind in New England, built on Lovejoy Wharf in the West End by Haitian Americans United and partners to give Haitian heritage a permanent home in this city.

The June 28th celebration brought culture, music, vendors, and speakers together under one roof, with City Councilor Guerline Alcy Jabouin, a longtime champion of Haitian and Caribbean businesses in Everett, sponsoring the event.

One year is the hard part. Most community spaces don’t get there. This one did.

If you’ve been looking for a local anchor you can visit and put your name behind, this is it.

Keep this center on your radar.

Your weekly map of what’s worth showing up for.

A multicultural music night for when you want to be out, featuring the hottest mix of Afrobeats, Amapiano, Rabòday, Konpa, Soca, and Dancehall.

South Florida is coming to Boston for an unforgettable night, featuring a nonstop soundtrack of Konpa, Rabòday, Gouyad, Zouk, Rasin, and the sounds that keep the Haitian culture alive all night long. Haitian flags are encouraged. 🇭🇹

A Caribbean music and culture festival in Boston, featuring live music, DJs, food, art, and a high-energy celebration of Haitian and Caribbean culture.

I won’t pretend this was an easy issue to write.

The pharmacy tech’s story hit me, and I suspect it hit you, too.

But I’m latching on to that anniversary at TLCC because building something that lasts is its own kind of answer.

If you know someone who should be reading this, someone who needs the AFAB clinic info, or just needs to feel seen this week, forward it to them.

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Mèsi anpil. See you next Thursday.

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