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This is one of those weeks where the newsletter should probably come with a warning label, but I’m not going to soften it.

TPS expired for Haitians this week, and the ripple hit Dedham-adjacent nonprofits, City Hall Plaza, and the Statehouse all in the same 72 hours.

A U.S. senator called Haitians squatters.

Boston answered him by name.

And Governor Healey is now putting a number on what Massachusetts stands to lose.

Let’s get into it.

Temporary Protected Status officially ended for roughly 300,000 Haitians nationwide this week, and the fallout in Massachusetts isn’t theoretical anymore.

Carline Desire, executive director of the Association of Haitian Women in Boston, told CBS that her organization has shifted from education mode to survival mode with families losing food stamps and health insurance overnight, and parents making plans for who will take the kids if they get picked up.

Road to Responsibility, a nonprofit serving over a thousand people with intellectual disabilities, had to let go of 19 workers who lost their status, some with a decade on the job.

The organization is now paying $40 an hour for temp staffing to cover shifts it used to fill at $21 an hour.

That distance doesn’t close on its own, and it’s coming out of a system already short-staffed.

Governor Healey estimates that 2,000 healthcare workers statewide are at risk.

DHS’s own line on this, verbatim: “It’s closing time.”

That’s the federal government’s chosen metaphor for ending the status of people who’ve been here working for years.

You know someone in home health or direct care.

This week, it’s personal, not political.

Wednesday, Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri blocked Ed Markey’s TPS extension bill on the Senate floor and said, on the record, “when house guests become squatters... you call the sheriff, and you send them home.”

By Thursday afternoon, City Hall Plaza was full of more than 53 organizations, forming a single coalition with a single demand.

Pastor Dieufort Fleurissaint opened by taking Schmitt’s line apart from the podium.

Councilor Ruthzee Louijeune, who grew up in Mattapan and Hyde Park, said she was angry and didn’t sugarcoat it.

Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll kept her message to two words: “You belong.”

The ask was specific: pass S. 4814, the Senate companion to the House bill that already passed, before work authorization runs out completely.

This was a rebuttal, delivered in your own city, to a man who’s never set foot in it.

Governor Healey sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune this week, urging passage of the House-approved TPS extension and warning of "catastrophic humanitarian and economic impacts" if it fails to pass.

She estimates 45,000 Haitians live in the Boston area under TPS, and that Massachusetts could lose 2,000 healthcare workers alone, on top of losses in transportation, hospitality, and construction.

Haiti's TPS dates to the 2010 earthquake.

Biden extended it through this past February; DHS moved to reverse that last year.

Massachusetts sued, and a federal judge blocked the reversal, accusing officials of trying to "turn legal immigrants into illegal immigrants."

That ruling was upheld on appeal, but the Supreme Court sided with the administration last month, allowing termination, while a lower court's delay was extended until July 27.

That deadline just passed.

The Senate bill now has a name and number: S. 4814.

It has co-sponsors, but not votes.

Meanwhile, DHS is offering TPS holders $2,600 and a flight out as a "last opportunity."

That part is still writable. Your senator's office takes calls.

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

Discover the vibrant flavors of Haiti and learn to prepare authentic, delicious Haitian dishes with Boston Chef Michelene.

Visit the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center of Massachusetts for the presentation of La Tragédie Haïtienne, the new book by Haitian author Jackson Joseph.

The summer’s hottest pool party is back, featuring a special appearance by Diamond the Body. You can expect vibes, DJs, drinks, games, and more.

This was a heavy one, and I’m not going to pretend it wasn’t.

But between the reporting on Road to Responsibility and that City Hall Plaza rebuttal, I keep thinking about how much of this week’s story is actually about Boston refusing just to absorb the news quietly.

If there’s someone in your life who needs to know Massachusetts senators are one phone call away from moving this bill forward, send this to them.

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