The effort is separate from a Wisconsin taxpayers group's challenge to the program that was recently rejected by the Supreme Court. The order from the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals comes in a case brought by six Republican-led states, asking for a preliminary injunction to halt the policy after a district court dismissed the case earlier this week. Late Friday, a federal appeals court put a temporary, administrative hold on Biden's student loan forgiveness program, keeping the government from canceling loans covered under the policy while the court considers a challenge to it. President Biden and this administration will never stop fighting for the millions of hardworking students and borrowers across the country - no matter how many elected officials or lawsuits try to stop us," Cardona added. "This program will help borrowers by providing relief following the economic disruptions caused by the pandemic.
"It's only when relief is going to working and middle-class Americans that these elected officials have a problem," Cardona argued in his op-ed. SEE ALSO | Everything to know to apply for student loan forgiveness He also highlighted the arguments of Republicans, who, Cardona claimed, did not file lawsuits when they reaped the benefits of the Paycheck Protection Program loans from the federal government. In a pairing video posted to Twitter, Cardona referred to the "baseless" lawsuits put forward by Republican-led states to stonewall the program.Ĭardona stressed that nearly 90 percent of the debt relief plan's benefits would go to those making less than $75,000 a year, according to estimates from the Education Department. We encourage borrowers to continue to apply for debt relief at ," he continued. "Already, 22 million people have provided the department with the necessary information we need to review their eligibility for student debt relief.
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"Amid some Republicans trying every which way to block the Biden Administration's debt relief program, the department is moving full speed ahead with preparations for the lawful implementation of our program so we can deliver relief to borrowers who need it most," Cardona wrote in USA Today. The head of the Education Department pledged Saturday to keep "moving full speed ahead" on plans to implement President Joe Biden's student debt relief program, coming a day after a federal appeals court put a temporary hold on it, barring the administration from canceling loans covered under the policy while it's under review.Įducation Secretary Miguel Cardona doubled down on the administration's commitment to providing student debt relief in an op-ed published Saturday, and encouraged those eligible to continue applying through the live online application, CNN reported. The head of the Education Department pledged to keep "moving full speed ahead" on plans to implement President Joe Biden's student debt relief program
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