The Education Department has stopped processing automatic loan forgiveness for veterans with severe disabilities, despite a pledge by Trump in August that the debts would be easily erased
The Trump administration suspended the process of forgiving hundreds of millions of dollars in student loans owed by veterans with severe disabilities, despite a pledge by President Donald Trump in August that the debts would be easily erased.
“Three months ago, President Trump directed the Department of Education to eliminate every last penny of student debt owed by a permanently disabled veteran,”. “With the stroke of a pen, the president wiped out $750 million owed by more than 25,000 heroes.” “There are many barriers that have prevented veterans from applying for the program, so we are disheartened that this crucial program has not yet helped those who need it most,” the organization said in a statement. “Additionally, we hope that the Administration will consider refunding any illegally garnished VA disability benefits or tax refunds to those severely disabled veterans who are in default of federal student loans that should have already been discharged.
“The debt of these disabled veterans will be entirely erased,” Trump said as he announced the executive action at a veterans convention in Louisville, Ky., on Aug. 21. “It will be gone.” The White House Office of Management and Budget was also consulted about the decision to halt the processing, the memo said.
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