DeVos sued for seizing student loan borrowers' wages during pandemic

  • 📰 politico
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 29 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 59%

Loans Loans Headlines News

Loans Loans Latest News,Loans Loans Headlines

The proposed class action lawsuit claims that the Education Department hasn’t actually halted the practice and is continuing to garnish wages in violation of the CARES Act

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is continuing to garnish the wages of federal student loan borrowers who fall behind on payments even though Congress suspended the practice in the economic rescue package, according to a new lawsuit.claimed in the lawsuit

The department estimated some 285,000 people had their wages garnished between March 13 and March 26, according to The Post. Department officials have previously said they plan to refund all wages seized by the government since March 13, when Trump declared a national emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the agency has not provided any timeline for when all of those refunds will occur.

Yu said that borrowers who are subject to wage garnishment are already among the most vulnerable — even before the economic collapse caused by the pandemic.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

And the incompetence of this so-called administration rolls on. Good intentions poorly executed are meaningless.

Another heartless Administration member!

This woman and family are evil ! DevosShame

45 & Admin: always victimizing the vulnerable.

purplesgem No wonder she's such a GOP darling!

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 381. in LOANS

Loans Loans Latest News, Loans Loans Headlines