As with other Trump & Co. actions…..
The Trump action comes across as immigration and political aimed at students….
Two judges have stooped the Trump policy on loan holders…
Two federal judges struck down an Education Department rule that intended to narrow eligibility for a major student loan forgiveness program for people working in the public sector.
The department’s rule finalized last October stated that employers that have “substantial illegal purpose” would not be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. This includes supporting terrorism and trafficking children to emancipate them from their parents, among other things.
But Judge Myong Joun of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts wrote that the rule is unlawful, “arbitrary and capricious, and violates the First Amendment.”
And Judge Amir H. Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also struck down the rule on Tuesday.
The judges’ rulings came just one day before the rule was scheduled to take effect.
The court decisions are a blow to a policy goal President Donald Trump set out on early in his second term when he issued a March 2025 executive order as part of his efforts to reshape higher education.
The National Council of Nonprofits and other organizations sued the Trump administration in the Massachusetts court in November, alleging the new rule would break their talent pipeline. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights and other groups filed a similar lawsuit at that time in the District of Columbia court.
Critics of the rule have said its definitions are broad and were designed to punish those whose work isn’t aligned with the administration’s priorities. Joun appeared to agree with these arguments, citing an executive order targeting sanctuary cities that protect immigrants’ rights and the administration’s public criticism of immigration attorneys…..
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