Source: Lexi Lonas, THE HILL, 6/23/21


A federal judge in Florida cited racial discrimination in a ruling that halted the loan forgiveness program aimed at Black farmers that was part of the Biden administration's COVID-19 relief package that forgave debts related to agriculture. U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales said in her ruling that Congress should "do away with governmentally imposed discrimination based on race,” The Washington Post reported.

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