Ledger · Second term · № 241
Student borrowers will be 'fully supported' in repaying loans
Broken“borrowers are paying back their loans, that they are fully supported in doing so.”
- Promised
- , Department of Education statement announcing the return to collections
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Education
- Era
- Second term
What happened
Collections restarted and support collapsed. Protect Borrowers found 3.6 million borrowers defaulted between January 2025 and early 2026, bringing the national total in default to about 9 million, after the SAVE repayment plan was terminated and servicing backlogs mounted. Wage garnishment and Social Security offsets resumed for defaulted borrowers.