The Trump administration’s Department of Education has effectively halted enrollment in four popular federal student loan repayment plans.

With IDR applications frozen, the process of paying back your student loans continues to look confusing -- and more expensive.

FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) –With the future of the Department of Education uncertain, concerns have begun to rise over student loans. The concerns come after the pause on the “SAVE” plan. Currently borrowers are no longer able to apply on any income driven or extended repayment plan on their student loans.

The Education Department has pulled down all applications for borrowers seeking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs. Here’s what to know.

After a federal court upheld a pause on the SAVE plan, the Education Department removed other income-driven repayment applications from its website.

The Trump administration has taken down the applications for popular student loan repayment plans from the U.S. Department of Education’s website.

The decision to cease applications came after the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a temporary block of the Saving for a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan on Feb. 18, siding with a coalition of Republican-led states that sued to block the program.

The Education Department has instructed student loan servicers to stop accepting student loan forgiveness applications for 3 months.

The Education Department says it has temporarily taken down access to applications for income-driven repayment (IDR) student loan plans in response to a court order. “A federal Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction preventing the U.