Texans With Student Debt Sue Biden Over Lack of Forgiveness

Oct. 11, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is facing a legal challenge from two Texans who claim their educational debt was unfairly excluded from the program.

Myra Brown and Alexander Taylor sued the Biden administration Monday in federal court in Fort Worth, Texas. They claim the Department of Education made arbitrary decisions on loan forgiveness eligibility in violation of administrative procedure law.

“The result of this arbitrariness is predictable,” Brown and Taylor said in the suit. “Some will benefit handsomely, some will be shortchanged, and others will be left out entirely.”

Biden’s plan, which applies to federally administered loans, ...

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