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One of the 13 briefs was filed by the Student Borrower Protection Center, and has signatures of over 70 legal services and borrower advocacy organizations from across the country. According to the center, the brief focuses on real life stories of borrowers "crushed by the weight of student debt" and...

"We're now in a place where the Supreme Court has this incredibly high stake decision to make, about whether or not these dark money-funded, right-wing challenges to debt relief can succeed and can block tens of millions of Americans from the relief they deserve. And now we know who's on...

“For nearly three decades, IDR has failed to live up to its promise of an affordable lifeline for federal student loan borrowers,” said Persis Yu, deputy executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center. “Instead, the program perpetuated an inescapable debt trap—leaving millions of borrowers vulnerable to devastating collection tools....

“Equity demands that these [Parent PLUS and graduate] borrowers have equal access to an affordable payment plan and the necessary supports to free themselves from the crushing weight of student debt. The Secretary must include them in the final rule,” Persis Yu, deputy executive director of the SBPC, said in...

On a press call led by the Student Borrower Protection Center, Rep. Cori Bush expressed support for the briefs — and criticize the states', and MOHELA's, role in blocked debt relief for millions of Americans.

"The Department's plan remains out of reach for many of the students and families who are forced to take on some of the greatest amounts of debt in hopes of achieving social mobility," Persis Yu, deputy executive director of advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center, said in a statement.

Those with Parent PLUS loans, which are given to the parents of an undergraduate student, are not eligible, much to the dismay of nonprofits like the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC). While they praised many of the proposed amendments, the SBPC also said the Education Department’s plan “ignores the reality...

The deputy executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, Persis Yu, said in a statement that while the proposals are significant, the Department of Education should go further by including Parent PLUS loans and graduate student loan borrowers in the program.

Meanwhile, some of those who welcomed the extra relief criticized the proposal for excluding loans taken out by parents and graduate students. "It ignores the reality that low-income families — especially low-income families of color — are more likely to rely on ParentPLUS loans or need to get a graduate...

Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center and an outspoken supporter of Biden's debt relief plan, says, as long as there are federal student loan borrowers, there must be investment in a system to support them. "If they are confused about what their options are, it costs...