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Older Student Loan Borrowers Rally at Education Department Demanding Biden Cancel Crushing Debts

HeadlineDec 12, 2024

Student loan borrowers in their fifties, sixties and seventies rallied in front of the Education Department in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to demand the Biden administration cancel their crushing debts before leaving office. People sixty and above are the fastest-growing demographic of student debtors and risk having their Social Security checks garnished for unpaid debt. This follows another protest last week by loan recipients who were defrauded by predatory, for-profit schools.

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