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The U.S. Department of Education’s work to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans will likely come to a halt with the election of Donald Trump, who has called the efforts “vile” and “not even legal.”
When Trump reenters the White House in January, he will probably direct his administration officials to stop defending the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness programs in court, experts say. Many of those plans are tied up in legal battles from lawsuits brought by Trump’s fellow Republicans.
“The Trump administration can notify the court that it is withdrawing its defense of the case,” said higher education expert Mark Kantrowitz.
At a June 18 campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin, Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision in 2023 to block President Joe Biden’s first attempt at broad student loan cancellation.
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