Mitt Romney’s idea to quell student protesters: Don’t forgive their college loans.

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The thousands of people who have been arrested in a wave of pro-Palestinian protest encampments on college campuses would not have access to student loan forgiveness under a bill introduced Tuesday by Sen. Mitt Romney and other Republicans.

The Utah senator’s co-sponsorship of the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act comes after 20 individuals — including five students — have been arrested while protesting at the University of Utah in support of Palestine.

A news release from the Utah senator’s office labeled the protests calling on institutions to sever ties with Israel “antisemitic.” The death toll in Gaza has risen to a point thaton the west side of campus Monday, and police wearing riot gear forcibly cleared the encampment later that night. As protests have continued, the number arrested has risen to 20 — five of whom are students.

“The Biden Administration’s student loan relief schemes are unfair and irresponsible — forcing hardworking Americans to pay off debts they never agreed to take on — and I introduced the Student Loan Accountability Act in 2022 to block these schemes,” Romney said in a statement. Our legislation ensures that students convicted of a crime while protesting at our institutions of higher education are ineligible for federal student debt relief.”

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