With an increasing number of clients who speak little or no English, District caseworkers for food stamps and other types of aid repeatedly violate a 2004 local law mandating access to interpreters, a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges.

The lawsuit says staffers with the Department of Human Services have unlawfully discriminated against low-income residents seeking help, rebuffing them when those people have asked for an interpreter or denying benefits when misunderstood applications have been turned in with errors. More.

See: The Washington Post

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