The United States government has stopped taking applications for student debt relief, after a federal judge blocked President Joe Biden's loan forgiveness plan, according to a notice on a government website.
that Biden's plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt was unlawful and must be vacated. The Biden administration is appealing the ruling.
About 26 million Americans have applied for student loan forgiveness, and the U.S. Department of Education has already approved requests from 16 million.A graduating student waits for the start of the Commencement ceremony at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 27, 2022. REUTERS/Brian SnyderThe appeal would be heard initially by a three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday the department would hold onto application information "so it can quickly process their relief once we prevail in court."
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