No Matter the Pandemic, Department of Education Still Seizing Wages From Student Loan Borrowers, Suit Clams

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Almost a month after announcing garnishing wages will be halted, the Department of Education is being sued for continuing the heartless practice despite the pandemic

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifies during a hearing of a House Appropriations Sub-Committee on the fiscal year 2021 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington.has continued the practice of garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday.

The suit, brought by a New York woman on behalf of about 285,000 borrowers, claims that DeVos and her department have not halted collection practices even though the secretary made, on March 25, stating that the seizure of wages and tax refunds will automatically stop. Devos also promised a refund of approximately $1.8 billion of all wages seized since March 13.

In the late March announcement the secretary wrote, “These are difficult times for many Americans, and we don’t want to do anything that will make it harder for them to make ends meet or create additional stress.”

 

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Does she turn people to stone when they look at her? I suspect SHE DOES.

You need to have a heart to be heartless, don't you? Bambi eyes

DeVosIsEvil

She is vile

I'd rather be lead by these guys.. smh

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