After President Donald Trump called Somali immigrants quote "garbage" this week, some in Maine's Somali community fear the rhetoric could spark violence.

During a cabinet meeting Tuesday, Trump said he doesn't want Somali immigrants to be in the U.S. at all.

It comes as immigration agents are launching an operation in Minnesota, reportedly targeting the state's large Somali population.

In Lewiston, Somali interpreter and nonprofit director Ifraax Saciid-Ciise said the president's attacks are jarring.

"I find it very hard to believe that president, who is supposed to represent everybody, all the people in the United States, [would] target a group of very vulnerable population here in America," Saciid-Ciise said.

She said many in the community worry Trump's words could incite violence o

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