Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, which was shown live, that 50% of visa applications submitted by Minnesotans are “fraudulent.”
“You told me to look into Minnesota and their fraud on visas and their programs: 50% of them are fraudulent, which means that wacko Gov. (Tim) Walz either is an idiot or he did it on purpose — and I think he’s both, sir,” Noem said to President Donald Trump, reported the New York Post.
“He brought people in there, illegally, that never should’ve been in this country, said they were somebody that they’re not, they said they were married to somebody who was their brother or somebody else,” added Noem.
Noem also said those who submitted “fraudulent visa applications signed up for government programs, took hundreds of billions of dollars from the taxpayers, and we’re going to remove them and get our money back.”
The Trump administration announced on Monday that it is investigating allegations of Somali fraud rings in Minnesota. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Treasury Department “is investigating allegations that under the feckless mismanagement of the Biden Administration and Governor Tim Walz, hardworking Minnesotans’ tax dollars may have been diverted to the terrorist organization Al-Shabaab.”
“We are acting fast to ensure Americans’ taxes are not funding acts of global terror,” he added. “We will share our findings as our investigation continues.”
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Written by staff reporters at Just the News. Zachery Schmidt is the digital editor of The Star News Network and contributed to this story.
