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  • Press Releases
    May 16, 2025

    New Court Filing Reveals Backlog of Nearly 2 Million Student Loan Borrower Payment Plan Applications

    Borrowers stuck in months-long limbo continue to accrue interest and are denied credit toward loan cancellation while the Administration guts the agency that could help.

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  • Press Releases
    May 14, 2025

    “Stealing the American Dream”: Borrowers, Experts Warn of Trump’s Scheme to Raise Costs, Block Opportunity for Students and Families

    New analysis shows 1-in-12 U.S. adults negatively affected by Trump education policies; state fact sheets highlight millions left behind.

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  • Press Releases
    May 12, 2025

    Watchdog Groups Call on CFPB Inspector General to Investigate DOGE Self-Enrichment Scheme

    The letter comes after recent reports revealed that a top DOGE official, Gavin Kliger, who was overseeing attempts to fire most staff at the CFPB, stood to directly financially benefit from the destruction he was causing.

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  • Press Releases
    May 9, 2025

    42 Legal Services Groups, Veterans Rights Organizations, and Consumer Watchdogs Tell Federal Court of Appeals: The Administration Must be Stopped From Illegally Dismantling the CFPB

    Amicus brief: the destruction of the CFPB would inflict immeasurable harm to financially vulnerable Americans and the broader U.S. economy.

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  • Press Releases
    May 7, 2025

    Advocates Warn Watchdogs of Trump Scheme to Protect Corrupt Student Loan Giant MOHELA

    As right-wing lawmakers try to gut the student loan safety net and muzzle regulators, AFT and SBPC call on Inspectors General to probe corruption at ED and CFPB.

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  • Press Releases
    May 6, 2025

    Senate Democrats Spotlight Radical Effort to Decimate U.S. Department of Education in Forum, Condemn Chaos in Communities Across the Country

    Veteran and student loan borrower Tasha Berkhalter to warn lawmakers of risks to military families.

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  • Press Releases
    May 5, 2025

    Hundreds of Democracy, Labor, and Civil Rights Organizations Warn Trump Education Officials: Do Not “Weaponize PSLF”

    New Trump rulemaking would undermine critical public services and aims to advance the Project 2025 agenda, stripping rights from working people with student debt.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 29, 2025

    House Education and Workforce Republicans Unveil Legislative Plans to Deliver Massive Tax Cuts to Billionaires on the Backs of Students and Families with Student Loan Debt

    New economic analysis projects current borrowers in IDR will pay thousands more per year, new proposal to drain at least $40 billion from U.S. economy in year one.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 29, 2025

    ADVISORY: Borrowers and Advocates to Demand Protections for Millions at Neg Reg as ED Moves to Gut Affordable Student Loan Payments

    Persis Yu, Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel for Student Borrower Protection Center, is scheduled to provide public comment during the hearing.

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  • Press Releases
    Apr 21, 2025

    Advocates Slam Trump Administration for Throwing Millions of Americans With Student Debt Into the Jaws of Government Collections Machine

    The Trump Admin announced plans to begin subjecting millions of Americans in default to mandatory collections, including wage garnishment, tax refund and Social Security benefit offsets.

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