legal aid
noun
: aid provided by an organization established especially to serve the legal needs of the poor
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Sacramento’s City Council emerged from a lengthy Tuesday night debate with plans to restore funding to city programs — including residential parking permits, youth events and immigrant legal aid — though some may be in jeopardy again next year.
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The resolution also demands UC fund legal aid for students and scholars who have had their visas revoked.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Dugan has worked with legal aid organizations and as executive director of Catholic Charities in the past.
—Michael Dorgan , Jake Gibson , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Geo Group’s technology has repeatedly helped ICE officers carry out deportations, legal aid groups said.
—Paul Mozur, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
The resolution also demands UC fund legal aid for students and scholars who have had their visas revoked.
—Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
Dugan has worked with legal aid organizations and as executive director of Catholic Charities in the past.
—Michael Dorgan , Jake Gibson , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Geo Group’s technology has repeatedly helped ICE officers carry out deportations, legal aid groups said.
—Paul Mozur, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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“Legal aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/legal%20aid. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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