Democratic-led states sue to block student loan caps by Trump administration

White House says caps will lower tuition costs, but critics say they will exacerbate the country’s nursing shortage

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While the Trump administration has argued that new restrictions on the size of federal student loans will lower tuition costs, public health officials and Democrats say the measures will exacerbate the country’s serious nursing shortage.

As such, a group of 24 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia recently sued the federal government seeking to block the new rule, which is set to take effect on 1 July.