The Trump administration paused student loan forgiveness on a popular plan earlier this summer. It has not yet resumed the debt cancellation, and this week, lawmakers urged it to do so.
The U.S. Department of Education said earlier this summer that it was pausing the loan discharge component on the Income Based Repayment, or IBR, plan. That freeze remains in place.
It’s a setback to families who have been expecting — and are legally entitled to — the aid, lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., wrote to Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Monday.
“At a time when Americans across the country are struggling to meet the costs of health care, food, housing, child care and other basic needs, it is unacceptable for the Trump administration to take any action that delays or denies legally mandated debt relief,” the lawmakers wrote.
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