The Trump administration is trying to roll back student loan forgiveness for most people currently seeking it, from the debt forgiveness that organizers pushed Joe Biden to do, as well as for nonprofit and public service workers. But there’s one group of people to whom the Trump administration is happy to extend student loan forgiveness: new ICE Agents.

DHS announced this week that along with a 50k signing bonus, newly hired ICE agents will have options for both loan forgiveness and repayment. Life is poised to become much harder for millions of folks with debt across the country, except for those interested in becoming ICE agents. “It is hypocritical to provide additional funding for debt relief for certain categories of workers while seeking to deny it to everyday Americans,” said Sara Partridge, director of higher education at the Center for American Progress.

While the rolling back of loan forgiveness for people in public service will likely be challenged in court, it remains to be seen where DHS will get the money to pay off ICE agent’s student loans.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)