California students sue Education Dept. over fears of Musk's access to loan data as congress members hold D.C. protest.

A group of California college students sued the Department of Education on Friday, alleging that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, illegally accessed confidential student data.

The University of California student government sued Friday to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from gaining access to government data on millions of student

Democrats on Friday morning attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C. to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter but were stopped by security. The man,

"The scale of the intrusion into individuals’ privacy is enormous and unprecedented," the lawsuit said. According to the University of California Student Association (UCSA)—which has over 230,000 undergraduate students as members—more than 42 million people in the US have federal student loans and face privacy risks if DOGE's access to their information isn't blocked.