White House urges borrowers to apply for student debt relief despite court order

Posted on AllSides October 22nd, 2022
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The Biden administration is urging student loan borrowers to continue applying for debt relief despite a federal appeals court order late on Friday that temporarily halted this program.

“[This] temporary order does not prevent borrowers from applying for student debt relief,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement following the eighth circuit court of appeals’ temporary stay.

This temporary stay mandates that Biden’s administration not act on the program while it weighs a legal challenge. The appeals court’s decision stems from a motion brought by six Republican-led...

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/22/white-house-biden-student-debt-relief-court-order

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