Student-loan borrowers are waiting for 'legally required' debt relief that Trump isn't delivering, new legal filing says
Source: Business Insider ·
A student-loan borrower advocacy group said the Education Department should be held in contempt for failing to process borrower defense discharges.
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A new legal filing said that the Trump administration is failing its obligation to process debt relief for defrauded student-loan borrowers.Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesStudent-loan borrowers are still waiting for the relief they're entitled to through a settlement, a new legal filing said.A borrower advocacy group is asking a court to enforce compliance with the relief settlement.The Education Department said it disagrees with the motion and is working to enact relief.Student-loan borrowers are legally entitled to debt relief — but they're still waiting for it to arrive, a new court filing says.The Project on Predatory Student Lending — a borrower advocacy group — filed a new motion in its years-long lawsuit to get relief for thousands of defrauded borrowers.In July, a federal court denied the Trump administration's request to delay relief under the Sweet v. McMahon settlement, which has provided $23 billion in relief to over 500,000 borrowers. Now, PPSL says that over 1,000 members of…
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