Eight million borrowers enrolled in the repayment plan known as SAVE will be placed in an interest-free forbearance while the administration deals with legal issues.

Eight million borrowers who are enrolled in the plan, known as SAVE, are left in limbo after a series of rulings tied to two lawsuits brought by Republican-led states.

Federal appellate judges ruled that the Biden administration’s new student loan repayment plan could continue to operate as legal challenges to the program work their way through the courts.