U.S. Treasury Department

University of Alabama graduates could have some unwelcome news coming today. The Trump administration is ordering the U.S. Department of Education to start collecting on student loans in default. The U.S. Treasury Department could claw back those dollars through the garnishment of wages. The website Education Data Initiative says Alabama has greater student loan debt on average than the rest of the nation. Over six hundred thousand Alabamians have outstanding college loans that need to be paid back.

The U.S. Treasury Department says Alabamians are still receiving federal benefits though more than 112,000 paper checks each month. They have less than…