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Nov 12, 2025

Former CFPB Enforcement Leaders Launch Strategic Litigation Project Hosted at Protect Borrowers

Protect Borrowers welcomes top lawyers Eric Halperin, Cara Petersen, and Tara Mikkilineni as senior fellows.

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Fact Sheets

Nov 11, 2025

Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

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Blogs

Nov 10, 2025

Tax Breaks for Billionaires, Tax Bombs for Borrowers: The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Slams Americans Who Earn Student Debt Cancellation with Thousands of Dollars in Additional Taxes Starting 2026

Starting on January 1, 2026, student loan borrowers who earn IDR cancellation may be slammed with thousands of dollars in additional taxes. Read for more on our new analysis.

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Letters & Memos

Nov 10, 2025

Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

This memo provides an overview of the additional tax costs that working families could face if Congress and the Trump Administration fail to act.

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Press Releases

Nov 10, 2025

Warren, Senators Urge Trump Administration to Stop Imminent “Tax Bomb” for Student Loan Borrowers

Senators Warren led her colleagues in a letter urgent Treasury Secretary & Acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent to use the IRS’s existing legal authorities to stop the looming “tax bomb” facing borrowers who obtained IDR cancellation.

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Press Releases

Nov 6, 2025

New Economic Data Shows Families in Crisis; Advocates Call for Crackdown on Corporations Profiting from Families’ Pain

Federal Reserve Bank of New York reports financial distress at post-Great Recession high water mark.

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Press Releases

Nov 6, 2025

Protect Borrowers Fellow to Testify Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Proposals to Increase College Cost Transparency

In testimony, Huelsman to remind policymakers that students only benefit from increased transparency when accompanied by action to rein in college costs for working families and make college free.

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Fact Sheets

Nov 5, 2025

Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

The fact sheet includes data showing how borrowers in the Louisville metropolitan area are experiencing severe delinquency on the precipice of the impending student loan default crisis, and that women, older borrowers, and borrowers in majority-Black neighborhoods are disproportionately burdened by student debt.

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Press Releases

Nov 5, 2025

Amid Student Loan System Chaos, Advocates, Local Officials, and Community Members Convene in Louisville to Discuss Local Response

Louisville Office of Financial Empowerment and Protect Borrowers reveal data on nearly 215,000 Louisville borrowers in $8.2 billion of student debt.

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Testimony & Remarks

Nov 5, 2025

Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed

See here to read Mark Huelsman’s November 6, 2025 testimony.

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Press Releases

Nov 3, 2025

Ciudades, Sindicatos y Organizaciones Civiles, Demandan a la Administración de Trump-Vance por Utilizar el “Perdón de Préstamos del Servicio Público” Como Arma Para Silenciar a sus Críticos y Bloquear la Disidencia

La Demanda Busca Detener el Cambio Radical al Programa PSLF como Parte de un Frente Unido Contra el Ataque Inconstitucional del Departamento de Educación hacia Docentes, Personal de Enfermería, Primeros Respondedores y Defensores.

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Press Releases

Nov 3, 2025

Cities, Workers, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent

Suit seeks to halt radical PSLF rewrite in united front against Department of Education’s unconstitutional attack on teachers, nurses, first responders, and advocates.

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Lawsuits

Nov 3, 2025

Lawsuit: Cities, Unions, and Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Admin for Weaponizing PSLF

In National Council of Nonprofits et al. v. McMahon, groups seek to halt radical PSLF rewrite in united front against ED’s unconstitutional attack on teachers, nurses, first responders, and advocates.

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Blogs

Oct 30, 2025

Online Prop Betting Is Ruining Professional Sports

The growth of unfettered, app-based online sports betting is not just shaping the way sports fans interact with the games we love, but also the way the players themselves behave.

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Press Releases

Oct 30, 2025

Democracy Forward and Protect Borrowers Respond to Unlawful Rule to Politicize Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: We’ll See You in Court

ED previews a new rule that will unlawfully politicize the PSLF program and harm employees of organizations that do not align with Trump-Vance administration priorities.

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Blogs

Oct 28, 2025

New Jersey State Senator Introduces the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Bill to Protect Students and Borrowers from Online Program Managers

New Jersey State Senator Angela McKnight introduced the nation’s most comprehensive piece of legislation addressing the role of Online Program Managers in higher education.

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Press Releases

Oct 17, 2025

Following Lawsuit by AFT, Trump Administration Agrees to Deliver Student Debt Relief and Protect Borrowers from Tax Liability Due to Red Tape and Delays

New court filing in AFT v. McMahon secures judicial supervision of the government’s handling of key student Loan relief programs, holds secretary McMahon accountable for following the law.

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Blogs

Oct 16, 2025

What Everyone Can Learn from California’s Fight Against Predatory Auto Lending

Even as the Trump Administration turns its back on consumers, states are stepping up.

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Letters & Memos

Oct 15, 2025

Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB

Consumer Federation of America and Protect Borrowers outline the more than 40 public enforcement actions against Wall Street banks, Big Tech firms, and other corporations that have been dismissed or rolled back under the Trump Administration and Acting Director Russell Vought.

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Press Releases

Oct 15, 2025

In Eight Months, Trump’s CFPB Has Let More Than 40 Lawbreakers Off the Hook

An updated memo from CFA and Protect Borrowers reveals that the Trump-led CFPB has quietly dismissed or rolled back 42 public enforcement actions since taking control of the agency in February 2025.

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Former CFPB Enforcement Leaders Launch Strategic Litigation Project Hosted at Protect Borrowers

Fact Sheet: Twin Cities Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

Tax Breaks for Billionaires, Tax Bombs for Borrowers: The “One Big Beautiful Bill” Slams Americans Who Earn Student Debt Cancellation with Thousands of Dollars in Additional Taxes Starting 2026

Memo: How the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Will Raise Taxes for Thousands of Student Loan Borrowers

Warren, Senators Urge Trump Administration to Stop Imminent “Tax Bomb” for Student Loan Borrowers

New Economic Data Shows Families in Crisis; Advocates Call for Crackdown on Corporations Profiting from Families’ Pain

Protect Borrowers Fellow to Testify Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee Hearing on Proposals to Increase College Cost Transparency

Fact Sheet: Louisville, KY Borrowers and Families Experiencing Economic Hardship Due to Impending Student Loan Default Crisis and Systemic Chaos Across Demographics

Amid Student Loan System Chaos, Advocates, Local Officials, and Community Members Convene in Louisville to Discuss Local Response

Testimony of Mark Huelsman Before U.S. Senate HELP Committee on Reforming Financial Transparency in Higher Ed

Ciudades, Sindicatos y Organizaciones Civiles, Demandan a la Administración de Trump-Vance por Utilizar el “Perdón de Préstamos del Servicio Público” Como Arma Para Silenciar a sus Críticos y Bloquear la Disidencia

Cities, Workers, Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Administration for Weaponizing Public Service Loan Forgiveness to Silence Critics and Stifle Dissent

Lawsuit: Cities, Unions, and Civil Society Organizations Sue Trump-Vance Admin for Weaponizing PSLF

Online Prop Betting Is Ruining Professional Sports

Democracy Forward and Protect Borrowers Respond to Unlawful Rule to Politicize Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: We’ll See You in Court

New Jersey State Senator Introduces the Nation’s Most Comprehensive Bill to Protect Students and Borrowers from Online Program Managers

Following Lawsuit by AFT, Trump Administration Agrees to Deliver Student Debt Relief and Protect Borrowers from Tax Liability Due to Red Tape and Delays

What Everyone Can Learn from California’s Fight Against Predatory Auto Lending

Memo: CFPB Enforcement Actions Dismissed or Terminated Under Trump’s CFPB

In Eight Months, Trump’s CFPB Has Let More Than 40 Lawbreakers Off the Hook

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