U.S. Marines exit LA following month-long deployment that Mayor Karen Bass called an 'unnecessary, unprecedented, and unconstitutional assault' amid anti-ICE demonstrations.

The troops had largely been idle since their arrival in June with a mission to protect federal buildings. One Marine told the LA Times there's "not much to do."

Hundreds of Marines who were deployed to Los Angeles last month during protests over immigration enforcement will withdraw from the city, the Pentagon said Monday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “has directed the redeployment” of around 700 Marines from Los Angeles,