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“These briefs reinforce and expand on the U.S. Department of Justice’s case that student debt relief is legal and necessary and that legal challenges brought against student debt relief lack standing,” the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC) said in an email on Wednesday. SBPC advocates to protect student loan borrowers.

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 “the financial devastation caused by the pandemic.” The brief argues that the federal government has previously provided direct financial support to families, small…

“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 the side of borrowers, and it’s really amazing—it’s the full breadth of the coalition [those who submitted 13 amici briefs in support of…

“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 a statement.

“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.

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.