Soldiers are on standby for possible deployment to Minneapolis, a US defence official has told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, BBC reported. 

The official said the 1,500 soldiers, currently in Alaska, are an option for US president Donald Trump if he decided to use active duty military personnel, as anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) demonstrations continued in the city on Saturday.

No decision has yet been made on whether to deploy the soldiers from Alaska, the official said, according to BBC.