my associate s degree. i was able to complete my degree with honors all while my daughters were being cared for now while working towards my bachelor s, we re in the same position as most families. trying to find affordable care that is safe while juggle work and school obligations all you need to start a fire wa a spark. my family was that spark and free childcare was what allowed my fire to continue to burn the greatest part is seeing the pride reflected on my daughters faces. i want them to see you can achieve anything you set your mind to. they said they want to be doctors so they can work with mommy, so i guess it s working free child care helped propel my education and though i m not public speaker, it s something i truly believe in and i m proud to speak on. which is why it is on honor to introduce someone who always fights for hard working families
extended the pause this past august, multiple lawsuits followed. the program was halted and is now before the supreme court, leaving sabrina in limbo. my family would be eligible for up to $50,000 of student loan cancellation. so as a whole family, that s huge. reporter: federal data shows america s student debt crisis is multigenerational, spanning from recent grads to grandparents. with 2.6 million borrowers, over the age of 62. 72-year-old vietnam vet cecil hamilton is one of them. i never got the amount paid off. reporter: in 1977, hamilton says he took out a loan for an associate s degree for $5250. nearly five decades later, he still owes nearly the same amount. i thought i would have a good job and a home and all the things that people like to have.
paid off. reporter: in 1977 hamilton says he took out a loan for an associate s degree for $5,250. nearly five decades later he still owes nearly the same amount. i thought i would have a good job and a home and all the things that people like to have and then enter retirement on a good note, but instead i m i m back in the hole again so i m just surviving as i go. reporter: he says despite the government garnishing 15% of his social security disability payments for the loan he defaulted on, interest and fees made it impossible for him to put a dent in the principal. now, while the president s plan would help people like hamilton who you just saw in the piece there, he says he can t ignore the harms that his debt has caused throughout the last 40 years of his life.
sister was murdered. i started thinking about, man, this is probably the kind of pain i caused the victim s family. and just thinking about that pain really was the first time i think a seed of empathy was planted within me. in san quentin, yu earned his associate s degree and mentored many others. what are you doing, man. value yourself. value your life. reporter: last year, a parole board deemed him no longer a threat to society. he was released after serving 26 years in prison. a joyous moment that proved fleeting. i went from really high to really low thinking freedom is right there. i can taste it, i can smell it, then no. reporter: because he committed a serious crime and was not an american citizen. yu was marked for deportation immediately upon his release. he s far from alone. according to immigrant groups, an estimated 15,000 southeast
three times more than the honors classes are, socioeconomically. it s almost impossible to separate the two in this country. it s just a by-product of where the country was founded and where we are today. i think it s complete trash to get rid of the a.p. courses in part because students who graduate with a.p. courses are able to transfer them and be able to use them to help graduate from college. that s a money-saving measure as well. so, it isn t just about achievement in high school. it s about saving pennies on the other side. if you are going to get an associate s degree, taking a.p. courses can get you almost a fourth of the way there, depending on what time you start. i m more concerned about how does this impact students financially on the opposite end that you get rid of the courses. and the race question concerned, especially when it comes to desantis, a founding member of the freedom caucus, the person who after the primaries said, let s not monkey up the budget in florida