Republicans are sensing a new opening to attack the Biden administration for its nearly $160 billion in student loan debt cancellation as pro-Palestinian protests on elite college campuses across the country spawn images of chaos and, in some cases, destruction.
The protests have spread nationwide since an encampment at Columbia University sprouted two weeks ago. Most of the protests have broken school policy with occupations of parts of campus, and some have beenby protesters who block students from going to class, intimidate classmates, and some who have even engaged in “mob warfare” at the University of California, Los Angeles, according to Jonathan Butcher, senior research fellow in education policy for the Heritage Foundation.
Critics have spent days calling for campus administrators to break up the encampments, since they are illegal, with police force. Many appeared unwilling to do so until Tuesday night, when several schools, most notably Columbia, decided to send police in to take back control of campus. At Columbia, police breached the overrun Hamilton Hall to take back control and clear the encampment.another $6.1 billion in loan “cancellation,” bringing the total close to $160 billion for nearly 4.
Although the Biden administration has already transferred the debt of millions of borrowers to taxpayers, Butcher said the least the White House could do now is make the debt scheme contingent on whether administrators are actually capable of keeping their campuses physically safe for students. “It matters for the sake of law and order, and it matters because you’re dealing with somebody else’s money,” Butcher said.
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