indigent

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That means the system already profoundly disadvantages indigent asylum seekers — they can’t afford a lawyer, often don’t speak English and have no road map for navigating arcane immigration law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

What galls her is that “it’s so often the case that a person with a disability has to make themselves indigent in order to qualify for what they need,” Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2024

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

“Most of those guys are indigent, the traffickers,” Gauen said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024

Approximately 80 percent of criminal defendants are indigent and thus unable to hire a lawyer.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander