Judge suspends debt relief program for farmers of color after conservative law firm, white...
Story Date: 6/11/2021

 

Source: MSN, 6/10/21


A federal judge halted payments for a loan forgiveness program that provides relief to agricultural producers of color.  A temporary restraining order was handed down Thursday afternoon by Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin's Eastern District, in response to a lawsuit filed by the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty in April. The group alleged that the Biden administration used an unconstitutional program in an effort to end systemic racism and should make the relief available to white farmers, too.

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