Links to Key Borrower Defense Congressional Review Act Documents

Letters in Support of Borrower Defense Congressional Review Act

(Full list of supporters at bottom)

• Coalition Letter in Support of Repealing the 2019 Borrower Defense Rule
• Letter from The American Legion in Support of Borrower Defense CRA
• Letter from 20 State Attorneys General in Support of Borrower Defense CRA 
• Letter From the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities in Support of Borrower Defense CRA
• Letter from Young Invincibles in Support of Borrower Defense CRA

General Letters in Support of Strong Borrower Defense Rule

• Coalition Letter from 80 Organizations to Secretary DeVos Urging the Department to Implement a Strong Borrower Defense Rule
• Coalition Letter 27 Veterans Organizations Seeking Strong Borrower Defense Rule

Student Stories

• Student Statements on DeVos’ failure to process borrower defense claims: Sweet v. DeVos, Part 1 of 3
  Project on Predatory Student Lending 
• Student Statements on DeVos’ failure to process borrower defense claims: Sweet v. DeVos, Part 2 of 3
  Project on Predatory Student Lending 
• Student Statements on DeVos’ failure to process borrower defense claims: Sweet v. DeVos, Part 3 of 3
  Project on Predatory Student Lending 

Data & Factsheets

• Latest available data on borrower defense claims by state
  Federal Student Aid
• Top 10 Ways the New Borrower Defense Rule is Worse for Borrowers
  The Institute for College Access & Success
• Defrauded Students Left Holding the Bag Under Final “Borrower Defense” Rule
  The Institute for College Access & Success
• 96% of Students Defrauded by For-Profit Colleges Report Their Lives are Worse Now than Before They Went to School
  Project on Predatory Student Lending 
• Why Congress Must Reverse Betsy DeVos’ Borrower Defense Rule
  Third Way

Complete list of supporters of Borrower Defense CRA 

• AFL-CIO 
• AFSCME  
• Allied Progress 
• American Association of University Professors 
• American Federation of Teachers 
• The American Legion 
• Americans for Financial Reform 
• Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities 
• Association of Young Americans (AYA) 
• Attorney General of California, Xavier Becerra 
• Attorney General of Delaware, Kathleen Jennings 
• Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Karl A. Racine 
• Attorney General of Hawaii, Clare E. Connors 
• Attorney General of Illinois, Kwame Raoul 
• Attorney General of Iowa, Tom Miller 
• Attorney General of Maine, Aaron M. Frey 
• Attorney General of Maryland, Brian E. Frosh 
• Attorney General of Massachusetts, Maura Healey 
• Attorney General of Michigan, Dana Nessel 
• Attorney General of Minnesota, Keith Ellison 
• Attorney General of New Jersey, Gurbir S. Grewal 
• Attorney General of New Mexico, Hector Balderas 
• Attorney General of New York, Letitia James 
• Attorney General of North Carolina, Joshua H. Stein 
• Attorney General of Oregon, Ellen F. Rosenblum 
• Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro 
• Attorney General of Washington, Bob Ferguson 
• Attorney General of Vermont, Tomas J. Donovan, Jr. 
• Attorney General of Virginia, Mark R. Herring 
• Campaign for America’s Future 
• Center for Public Interest Law 
• Center for Responsible Lending 
• Children’s Advocacy Institute 
• CLASP 
• Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues 
• Consumer Action 
• Consumer Advocacy and Protection Society (CAPS) at Berkeley Law 
• Consumer Federation of America 
• Consumer Federation of California 
• Demos 
• Duke Consumer Rights Project 
• East Bay Community Law Center 
• Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath) 
• The Education Trust  
• Empire Justice Center 
• Feminist Majority Foundation 
• Government Accountability Project  
• Higher Education Loan Coalition (HELC) 
• Hildreth Institute 
• Housing and Economic Rights Advocates 
• Illinois Association of College Admission Counseling 
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America 
• The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) 
• Jen Mishory, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation 
• Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights 
• Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition 
• NAACP 
• National Association for College Admission Counseling 
• National Association of Consumer Advocates 
• National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA) 
• National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients) 
• National Education Association 
• National Military Family Association 
• National Urban League 
• New America Higher Education Program 
• New Jersey Citizen Action 
• One Wisconsin Now 
• Paralyzed Veterans of America 
• PHENOM (Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts) 
• Project on Predatory Student Lending 
• Public Citizen 
• Public Counsel 
• Public Good Law Center 
• Public Law Center 
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 
• Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) 
• Student Debt Crisis 
• Student Defense 
• Student Veterans of America 
• Third Way 
• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) 
• UnidosUS 
• Veterans Education Success 
• Veterans for Common Sense 
• VetsFirst  
• Young Invincibles 

Veterans Groups (compiled from above) 

• The American Legion 
• Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America 
• National Military Family Association 
• Paralyzed Veterans of America 
• Student Veterans of America 
• Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) 
• Veterans Education Success 
• Veterans for Common Sense 
• VetsFirst