. >> with a son to support, 30-year-old danielle ramos wanted to improve her earning power so enrolled in american institute in massachusetts. >> a.c.i. was promoting a medical assisting certificate you could receive in nine months. sounded really great. >> reporter: when the institute shut down in 2013, ramos was left with $15,000 worth of student loan debt. the institute later admitted to falsifying grades and attendance records to qualify for millions in federal aid. ramos is among thousands of students with student loan debt from for-profit schools due to predatory practices. under the obama administration, a regulation known as the borrower defense rule was created to protect students. massachusetts attorney general maura healey. >> it provides relief to students who have been victimized by these predatory practices. >> reporter: the rule was supposed to be implemented this month but now delayed under the new administration. a spokeswoman from the education department tells cbs news the borrower defense regulation suffer from substantive and procedural flaws that need to be consid

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. >> daniel ramos pidiÓ 1 prÉstamo federal de $15,000 para estudiar en 1 centro que cerrÓ.prÉstamo que me dejÓ sin nada, que no me dejÓ lo que esperaba es atemorizante. tengo 1 hijo de 4 aÑos. ahora estas reglas que perdonar las deudas por prÉstamos a estudiantes estafados por institutos estÁn siendo modificadas por el departamento de educaciÓn porque su secretaria dice que son confusas y le costara mucho dinero a los contribuyentes. >> los cambios no afectarÁn a las decenas de miles de reclamos, mientras los fiscales generales de 18 estados y el distrito de columbia demandaron por postergar las regulaciones. en la demanda presentada en washington, los estados dicen que se estÁ usando 1 pretexto para derogar. estÁn buscando restaurarlas. el centro de investigaciones ha revelado que los problemas econÓmicos dificultan el ingreso en la universidad de muchos estudiantes hispanos. para >> si los estudiantes ven que no van a poder tener protecciones y no van a poder sacar prÉstamos, la conclusiÓn principal que tendrÁn es que ellos no pueden participar de la educaciÓn. >> el depa

. >> los fans le hicieron llegar un ramo de flores, recuerden que tienen que apoyar a rashel y daniel