Can the Department of Education garnish your wages to repay your student loan?

“Anybody who’s affected by this they were almost certainly in default pre-COVID. If you’re not sure if you’re in default or not, you can go to Studentaid.gov, which is the Department of Ed’s website, and once you log in, you’ll know there’ll be like a red flag, ‘danger Will Robinson’ and your loan will show in a status of default,” said Betsy Mayotte, President, The Institute of Student Loan Advisors.