U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday said that half of the visas in Minnesota are "fraudulent" amid multiple federal probes into the state .

"You told me to look into Minnesota and their fraud on visas and their programs — 50% of them are fraudulent, which means that that wacko Governor Walz either is an idiot or he did it on purpose," Noem said Tuesday, during President Trump's last cabinet meeting of the year.

Noem did not provide evidence. CBS Minnesota on Thursday reached out to the department seeking that data and also more information about the process for investigating allegations of fraud for visas. A spokesperson has not yet responded to a request for comment.

Ana Pottraz Acosta, visiting professor at the Immigration and Human Rights Clin

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