The Department of Education is restarting its collection of defaulted student loans after a five-year halt. Repayment requirements have been halted since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However,

If you haven’t been making payments on your federal student loans, you could soon find yourself sent to collections with your wages garnished following the return of a Department of Education program.

The U.S. Department of Education said on Monday it will resume collecting federal student repayments from borrowers in default from May 5 after a pause of more than five years. The resumption will impact more than 5 million borrowers who are in default,