Federal student loan collections—including wage garnishment—will resume within weeks, the Education Department confirmed on April 21, ending a five-year freeze and setting the stage for millions of defaulted borrowers to face renewed enforcement.
The move, announced in a Monday press release, marks the formal end of a years-long pause on federal student loan collections that began in March 2020 under President Donald Trump during the COVID-19 pandemic and was extended multiple times by the Biden administration.
