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MaddowBlog-Trump administration to target paychecks of student loan borrowers who are in default
Evidently, when the president told student loan borrowers to expect “action” from his administration, this is what he and his team had in mind.
Trump administration to target paychecks of student loan borrowers who are in default
— Charlie Davis (@charlespdavis.bsky.social) 2025-12-30T01:42:45.276Z
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-administration-to-target-paychecks-of-student-loan-borrowers-who-are-in-default
Those same voters have fresh reason to regret their choice. The Washington Post reported:
If this sounds at all familiar, it’s probably because Trump’s Education Department first started talking about garnishing borrowers’ wages back in May. Now, the Republican administration is moving forward with implementing these plans.
A report in The New York Times added, “The announcement comes as many Americans are already struggling financially, and the cost of living is top of mind. The wage garnishing could compound the effects on lower-income families contending with a stressed economy, employment concerns and health care premiums that are set to rise for millions of people.”
This news also comes just weeks after Trump’s Education Department also effectively scrapped the Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education repayment plan, or SAVE, for student loan borrowers.
Evidently, when the president told student loan borrowers to expect “action” from the Trump administration, this is what he and his team had in mind. Whether younger voters were aware of this when casting their ballots last fall is unclear.
The Trump administration will begin seizing the pay of people in default on their student loans early next year, marking the first wave of new wage garnishments since the pandemic, the Education Department confirmed Monday.
Starting the week of Jan. 7, the department told The Washington Post, it will notify about 1,000 defaulted borrowers of plans to withhold a portion of their wages to pay down their past-due debt. After that, the department said, notices will be sent to larger numbers of borrowers each month.
If this sounds at all familiar, it’s probably because Trump’s Education Department first started talking about garnishing borrowers’ wages back in May. Now, the Republican administration is moving forward with implementing these plans.
A report in The New York Times added, “The announcement comes as many Americans are already struggling financially, and the cost of living is top of mind. The wage garnishing could compound the effects on lower-income families contending with a stressed economy, employment concerns and health care premiums that are set to rise for millions of people.”
This news also comes just weeks after Trump’s Education Department also effectively scrapped the Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education repayment plan, or SAVE, for student loan borrowers.
Evidently, when the president told student loan borrowers to expect “action” from the Trump administration, this is what he and his team had in mind. Whether younger voters were aware of this when casting their ballots last fall is unclear.