Seven Republican-led states filed a lawsuit on Tuesday to challenge President Joe Biden’s administration’s latest student debt forgiveness plan, saying the U.S. Department of Education was taking steps to start canceling loans as soon as this week.
By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — A group of seven Republican-led states filed a fresh lawsuit Tuesday, seeking to block new student loan forgiveness plans that the Biden administration expected to start rolling out this fall.
Seven GOP-led states have filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration's latest attempt at cancelling student debt, stating the plan will begin erasing loans as soon as this week if not stopped by the courts.
The GOP-dominated states claim the U.S. Department of Education is instructing loan servicers to start clearing borrowers' debt before Biden's new relief plan is finalized.
Attorneys from Missouri, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, North Dakota and Ohio filed a lawsuit to stop the Biden administrations latest effort to forgive student loans.
