Roughly 700 active-duty US Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to protests in Los Angeles are being sent home from the mission, the Pentagon said Monday.

The Pentagon said that the hundreds of Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment will start packing up and leaving L.A.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Pentagon ordered the U.S. Marines to leave Los Angeles on Monday, more than a month after President Donald Trump deployed them to the city against the objections of local leaders.

Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

During his remarks in a video posted to social media in June, Senator Adam Schiff took President Trump to task for deploying Marines on protestors in Los Angeles. Schiff stated, "Yet another waste of taxpayer resources.

LOS ANGELES - Roughly 700 active-duty U.S. Marines who were mobilized last month to respond to anti- immigration protests in Los Angeles are now being returned to their normal duties, the Pentagon ...