TRUMP AND DEVOS ON STUDENT LOAN DEBT

Regarding the May 18 news article “School choice is a priority in proposed budget”:
President Trump’s latest shortsighted and slipshod budget proposal twists the knife on Americans struggling with extortionate student loan debt and disincentivizes pursuing careers serving the public interest.
As the nation’s largest and oldest public defender organization, we rely on student loan programs such as Public Service Loan Forgiveness to support our lawyers’ careers and their stake in our work and to keep our ranks full with talent. PSLF has also served to diversify the nonprofit defender sector, with more and more law graduates from black and brown low-income communities using the program to solidify a lifelong career in public service work.