New Delhi, July 8 -- US President Donald Trump is planning to reshape a student loan cancellation programme that experts say may become a tool for political retribution, aimed at organisations that serve immigrants and transgender youth.

According to an AP report, the loan cancellation programme, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, allows government employees, such as teachers and firefighters, plus many who work for nonprofits, to have their student loans cancelled after they've made payments for 10 years.

An overhaul of this programme, which the Education Department is reportedly working on, could strip the benefit from organisations involved in "illegal activities". A draft proposal released by the department includes definitions of ill...