John,

Our nation sets students up to fail by forcing them to need higher education to secure employment while punishing them with crushing student loans that make it nearly impossible to afford housing, groceries, and medical bills for years on end.

That’s why President Biden took a step in the right direction, working to cancel up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower. Unfortunately, Trump-appointed Judge Mark Pittman recently issued a ruling declaring the president's student loan forgiveness plan is illegal.

With this last-minute setback, millions of Americans are unprepared for payments to begin in January and will lose out on key changes to the repayment plans like Income-Driven Repayment that they were counting on to afford to pay any remaining debt.

Once borrowers are forced to start paying their student loans that have now been paused for years without any of these significant changes, they will be prevented from buying a home, delayed from starting a family, or priced out of affording basic necessities. Too many people will be forced to deplete their limited savings just as working people recover from the pandemic and record-high inflation.

Right now, with obstacles facing President Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan, can you sign on to push him to extend the student loan repayments until cancellation is awarded?

For too long higher education has been inaccessible and unattainable for working people, especially for Black and brown communities, thus deepening economic and racial inequality.

We shouldn’t be punishing young people for seeking higher education. Education should be available and accessible to all those who want it -- no matter your race, gender, zip code, or income.

With some setbacks to canceling student debt, we must continue working together to make it a reality.

President Biden must address student loan borrowers, and extend the payment pause until all obstacles to student debt cancellation are cleared. Sign the petition to President Biden: Extend student loan repayments until cancellation is awarded.

Thanks for signing! Together we'll push President Biden to take action.

- Madison

Madison White
Press Secretary
Democracy for America

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