'See you in court': Trump moves to revise eligibility for some student loan forgiveness

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: USA Today

Published 9:56 p.m. ET Mar. 7, 2025


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order attempting to begin the process of altering the terms of a major student loan relief program.

The move, which directs the education secretary to go forward with revising a law passed by Congress, pleased some conservatives while angering student loan borrowers and advocates, who vowed to launch a court challenge.

The proposal would affect the Public Service Loan Forgiveness, or PSLF, program, which was created by Congress in 2007 to ease the student debt burdens of Americans in public service-oriented careers. Under the program, government workers, nurses, firefighters and certain nonprofit employees are eligible to have their federal student loan debt canceled in full after 10 years of on-time payments.

The order tells the education secretary to begin drafting new regulations to revise the definition of "public service" to exclude organizations that "engage in activities that have a substantial illegal purpose." The scope of those activities includes groups that are "aiding or abetting" violations of immigration law, "supporting terrorism," contributing to gender-affirming care or engaging in a pattern of "violating state laws."

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/07/trump-student-loan-relief-forgiveness-executive-order/81973679007/

[LaRaven]

1. Sure, change the rules...

And further disrupt our country! Assholes.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Doing it to hurt employees of sanctuary cities, or anyone supporting trans people which he's declaring "illegal"

Trying to make management choose between their employees and people who need their help. Evil.

[underpants]

3. While all of his operations (private & public) have been " a substantial illegal purpose."

As proven in court, two impeachments, and getting slapped around just this week by his own SCOTUS.

My loan was forgiven under PSLF. Borrowed $15K. Paid in consistently until 2009 when I got on a payment plan. paid $267 every 15th for 11 years ($35,244) and I still had a balance of $34,000+. That was going to still be compounded daily. It took some serious time in the phone to get DoD loans changed to the right DoD loan. Biden corrected his things were done but they still said I had to pay for another year. Okay. Then I got THE EMAIL from MOHELA. Then one day I got a check for $8,600. I must have hit sone sweet sweet spot in the system.

[COL Mustard]

5. I'm stuck at 102 months

According to the website. I know it's not accurate because that's not including my last 4 or 5 payments. I have to consolidate loans before I can claim forgiveness, but once I get that, it's AMF for me!

[underpants]

7. Good and good luck.

[angrychair]

4. Again, this is illegal

The move, which directs the education secretary to go forward with revising a law passed by Congress

Explain to me where in the Constitution the Sec of Education is allowed to modify laws?

I mean that isn't complicated or ambiguous. It's clearly and unequivocally unconstitutional.

[COL Mustard]

6. In best Cliff Clavin voice....

Well, you see angrychair, the Founders really didn't mean what they wrote. They were really forward thinkers back then and fully intended for someone to come in 250 years later and take over the whole government. If they only knew, they would come to him with tears in their eyes and say, "Sir, we really only got rid of King George III because we knew...we just KNEW...that you would come along".