U.S. Is Sued Over Student Loan Wage Garnishments Amid Crisis
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A New York home health aide whose $13-an-hour job has been scaled back during the pandemic sued the Department of Education for allegedly failing to follow through on a pledge to stop garnishing wages amid the crisis.
As the economic impact of the U.S. lockdown intensified in late March, the department announced a temporary ban on such student loan collections under the $2.2 trillion rescue package. But Elizabeth Barber, 59, said in a lawsuit filed late Thursday that the Trump administration is continuing to cut her paycheck despite the law.