The Biden administration is canceling student loans for another 160,000 borrowers through a combination of existing programs.

The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellation on Wednesday, saying it will erase $7.7 billion in federal student loans. With the latest action, the administration said it has canceled $167 billion in student debt for nearly 5 million Americans through several programs.

The latest relief will go to borrowers in three categories who hit certain milestones that make them eligible for cancellation. It will go to 54,000 borrowers who are enrolled in Biden’s new income-driven repayment plan, along with 39,000 enrolled in earlier income-driven plans, and about 67,000 who are eligible through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

    • @ShunkW
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      166 months ago

      More than that, they’ll garnish your wages eventually. It happened to me once when I was barely getting by. I had to go to court and show my finances on public record and be humiliated to get them to back off.

      • @jo3jo3
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        -76 months ago

        I live and work outside the US, they can’t touch my wages

        • @[email protected]
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          96 months ago

          So your advice is: 1) don’t pay it and 2) work and live in a different country. Super reasonable! /s

          • Kalkaline
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            -16 months ago

            Work and live in another country is actually pretty darn good advice if you can get out of this shit hole.

          • @jo3jo3
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            -76 months ago

            No, I’m not giving advice to do anything. The op was frustrated they would not get their loans forgiven, so suggested the possibility of not paying. It’s an option. No payment as a form of protest. And I definitely did not tell anyone to live in a different country… Learn how to read

    • Kumatomic
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      36 months ago

      Yep, they took mine even when they weren’t supposed to anymore for at least two months after I got them dismissed for TPD. When I tried to get back the overpayment they literally told me they can do anything they want and I would never get my money back. They were right. At least they never got the 27k back that was cancelled. Eat shit Nelnet.

    • @jo3jo3
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      -86 months ago

      What social security money? I’ve pretty much never worked in the US, never paid in. I’ve lived outside the US for 16 years now.

      • Flying Squid
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        76 months ago

        Do you think that might possibly have something to do with it?