The streets of Minneapolis feel like a battle of wills between a Republican US president and a Democratic city and state.

Deploying the military in Minnesota would mark the first presidential use of the Insurrection Act since President George H.W. Bush during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

From public pleas to lawsuits, Minnesota's Democratic leaders are trying to stop the surge of federal agents on their streets.

Wednesday's shooting followed days of chaotic clashes in Minneapolis since the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent a week ago.

President Donald Trump said the Insurrection Act was not necessary in Minnesota, for now, despite him threatening to invoke the law earlier this week.

As its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis intensifies, the Trump administration is leaning into messaging that borrows from phrases, images and music about national identity that have become

Trump accused demonstrators of "attacking" ICE agents and said if Minnesota authorities don't respond, he "will institute the INSURRECTION ACT."

With tensions high between the White House and the state, the ruling temporarily halted plans to withhold over $129 million in funding.

The Pentagon has put some active-duty troops on prepare-to-deploy orders in case the president seeks to send them to Minnesota, according to two U.S. officials.