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Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions lost another battle in court when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction.

Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt for millions lost another battle in court when a federal appeals court panel agreed to a preliminary injunction.

The ruling by the three-judge panel came days after a federal judge in Texas blocked the program, saying it usurped Congress’ power to make laws.

A U.S. judge in Texas blocked President Joe Biden’s plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student-loan forgiveness.

District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress' power to make laws.

In his order Thursday, District Court Judge Mark Pittman said the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003, commonly known as the HEROES Act, did not provide the authorization for the loan forgiveness program that the Biden administration claimed it did.

A federal judge in Texas blocked President Joe Bidens plan to provide millions of borrowers with up to $20,000 apiece in federal student loan forgiveness -- a program that was already on hold as a federal appeals court in St. Louis considers a separate lawsuit by six states challenging it.

District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said the program usurped Congress’ power to make laws.

District Court Judge Mark Pittman, an appointee of former President Donald Trump based in Fort Worth, said Thursday the program usurped Congress' power to make laws.

US District Judge Mark Pittman declared President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan unlawful. The Department of Justice plans to appeal the ruling.