President Biden said he is considering forgiving some federal student debt, a step that would help him fulfill a campaign promise and provide relief to borrowers.
However, Biden signaled in his Thursday remarks that he wouldn't go as far as some activists want, saying $50,000 in debt forgiveness was not under consideration. He did not give a number for what he was considering.
"I'm in the process of taking a hard look at whether or not there will be additional debt forgiveness," he said. "And I’ll have an answer on that in the next couple of weeks." During his campaign, Biden said he wanted to "immediately cancel" at least $10,000 in student debt per person. So far he's repeatedly extended a pause on requiring borrowers to repay their loans, a moratorium that was put in place under then-President Donald Trump near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although activists have been encouraged by their increasing traction on this issue, some said they were concerned that Biden wouldn't go far enough."President Biden, we agree that we shouldn’t cancel $50,000 in student loan debt. We should cancel all of it," said Wisdom Cole, national director of the NAACP Youth & College Division. "$50,000 was just the bottom line."
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