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Immigration

Aug. 27, 1998

Poverty Lawyer Is Humbled by the Work Left Undone

SAN DIEGO - Claudia Smith stood knee deep in the squalor of the McGonigal migrant camp, where workers live when not working in the lush fields surrounding the gated communities and ocean-view mansions of Del Mar and Solana Beach.

Claudia Smith
Attorney
California Rural Legal Assistance
Career Highlights: California Rural Legal Assistance, 1974-present; clerk, immigration panel, Lawyers Guild of San Diego, 1973-74
Law School: University of San Diego, 1974
Age: 50
By Marty Graham
Daily Journal Staff Writer
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