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“We have a politically motivated lawsuit about whether or not MOHELA’s right to make money is more important than the borrower’s right to get relief,” says Yu, a sentiment echoed by many student debt cancellation advocates, including Missouri congresswoman Cori Bush. It puts the financial interests of entities like MOHELA ahead of the interests of student loan borrowers, says Yu.

Aissa Canchola Bañez, senior advisor for policy and strategy at advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center, told Insider that borrowers experiencing these challenges should be filing complaints with the Education Department. “The best way that we can change these practices is shedding light on just how egregious and how systemic some of these servicing failures are on MOHELA’s part,” she said.

“This suit is just the latest chapter in a long history of student loan companies like MOHELA and their Republican allies cheating people with student debt out of their rights,” Mike Pierce, the executive director of the advocacy group Student Borrower Protection Center, said in a statement. “Governments have given billions of dollars to companies like MOHELA since they were created by state legislatures decades ago,” Pierce added. “This must end now…”