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Wednesday, in an interview on the White House lawn, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told Fox News reporter Peter Doocy that President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student debt is legal under the HEROES Act passed in 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic.

President Biden’s plan to cancel a portion of student loan debt has drawn mixed reactions from both far-leftists and conservatives across social media as some leftists contend it is not enough while others celebrate it as a victory for racial justice, and conservatives claim it will only benefit elites.

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Jose Diaz-Balart Reports,” Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) urged the cancellation of student loan debt because doing so would inject more capital into the economy, but cautioned that “we need to make sure we hold corporations

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) responded to the argument that canceling student loan debt would only drive up inflation, which is already at a record-high in the United States.

The Biden administration is canceling $5.8 billion in school loan debt for students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges system, the U.S. Department of Education announced. 

The Biden administration is reportedly crafting a plan that would see $10,000 of student debt erased, according to reports.

Far-left Democrats, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), rallied on Wednesday to demand the cancellation of student loan debt, which President Biden signaled he is willing to do.

Most Americans are in favor of the federal government canceling student loan debt, a Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found. 

President Joe Biden will reportedly extend the 90-day student loan repayment pause past May 1 under significant pressure from radical Democrats.

Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) encouraged voters this week to continue to “bully” the Biden White House into canceling student loan debt — one of the left’s key agenda items that President Biden has failed to address.

After the Build Back Better plan imploded, President Joe Biden may throw progressives a bone by extending the freeze on student loans.  

Far-left Democrats on Monday took to social media to blast President Joe Biden for failing to take action on student loan debt, concluding that he “has the power” to do something but has failed to do so.

President Biden has no plans to extend student loan relief, nor has it offered any plan to forgive student loan debt — a major agenda item of the far-left Democrat caucus, which the Biden administration has ignored.

President Joe Biden on Monday declined to extend a program that suspended student loan payment during the pandemic.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to cancel student debt — a priority that has seemingly fallen to the wayside in the first year of Biden’s presidency.

President Joe Biden’s administration announced Friday that they would extend the freeze on federal student loan debt until January 31, 2022. All federal student loans will continue to be frozen with a zero percent interest rate.

Older Americans represent the fastest-growing demographic for student loan debt either from their own debt or that incurred on behalf of their children, data from the U.S. Department of Education shows.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge connected student loan debt to waning black homeownership Sunday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) pressured President Joe Biden to forgive $50,000 of student loan debt Thursday.

Sens. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have introduced a bill to forgive student debt.

Far-left “Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) on Monday suggested it is not possible for an individual to be “anti-racist” if they are against canceling student loan debt.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Senate Budget Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that housing is “human infrastructure” and that for him, infrastructure includes having an educated workforce, which means “all of our kids should have the ability to

Sen. Schumer (D-NY) pressured President Biden to cancel $50,000 in student debt, saying a disproportionate burden falls on people of color.

The rate by which student loan debt grows has doubled since the Chinese coronavirus pandemic started, reaching record-high levels. Experian found that most of the new debt can be federal loan payment pause, a coronavirus relief measure that appears to have incentivized consumers not to pay off their existing debt while they borrow more money.

Democrat calls for President Biden to take sweeping action and cancel a large portion of student loan debt are continuing to rise, particularly as the president continues to take a series of executive action on a range of issues. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) expressed a sense of urgency for the Biden administration to address student loan debt in a significant way by forgiving more than $10,000 per student after President Joe Biden’s failure during Tuesday’s CNN town hall to commit to doing so.

White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, reversed course on bailing out graduated students from debt Wednesday afternoon.

The Committee for a Responsible Budget released a report that claims Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt does more harm than good.

Dr. Eric Mason, pastor of Epiphany Fellowship Church in Philadelphia, suggested reparations including centuries’ worth of college tuition during his sermon Sunday morning.

A survey released on Wednesday indicates that 41 percent of registered voters see former Vice President Joe Biden as “more liberal” than themselves.

President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he has waived interest payments on all federal student loans to help alleviate financial strain as the United States combats the spread of the coronavirus.

Appearing Friday on CNBC, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Trump administration could provide temporary student loan suspensions to help Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) was criticized on Twitter after she said that the “ethos” of the G.I. Bill that gives military personnel the option to go to college for free should be applied to everyone.

A new poll reveals that 40 percent of Americans would prefer student debt forgiveness to universal health care. Student loan debt in America topped $1.7 trillion last week.

Student loan debt in the U.S. stands at $1.7 trillion, with the average obligation at more than $29,000, and many aren’t keeping up.

The LendEDU website conducted a survey with student loan borrowers to gauge the popularity of having their debt forgiven.