legal aid

noun

: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor

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The International Refugee Assistance Project, a legal aid and advocacy group based in New York City, said in a report last fall that the Guantanamo facility for migrants had inadequate healthcare and that people were kept there in prison-like conditions. —

Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025 But in a potential departure from Democrats’ vehement defenses of immigrants, Newsom reportedly supports changing the bill to cut off legal aid to immigrants with criminal records, according to a report by Sacramento TV station KCRA. —

Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2025 Why the dearth of legal aid lawyers and solo practitioners? —

Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2025 There are exceptions for those seeking the new child tax credit or legal aid. —

Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for legal aid