Approximately 700 active-duty Marines who were mobilized to Los Angeles last month in response to protests over immigration raids are being sent home, the Pentagon announced on Monday.

The Marines, which were from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, were deployed to LA to help defend federal property and personnel amid increasingly violent clashes between Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and protesters.

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