Collections on defaulted federal student loans will resume on May 5, after a five-year pause. Wage garnishment and Treasury offset are measures the government could enact to collect on student loan debt.

In two weeks, loan holders will start the process of seeking money from borrowers who have missed payments for 270 days or more.

The Department of Education has recently announced that it will restart collecting federal student loans in default on May 5, putting millions of borrowers at risk of having their benefits and wages garnished.