indigent
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He also raised funds to provide free inoculation for indigent children in Philadelphia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
In the motion, Robertson described Flores as indigent and said his client was unable to retain immigration counsel.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
As a young immigration lawyer in California’s Central Valley, Matthew Barragan cut his teeth defending the rights of indigent workers facing deportation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
Circuit Court of Appeals has held that the Constitution prohibits the prosecution of indigent people who sleep in public places when there is no available shelter space.
From Slate • Apr. 22, 2024
Poverty to him was an abstract, distant concept, applicable to the tenants at Tres Marias and the indigent patients his brother Jaime helped; he had never had any direct contact with it himself.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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