The 700 U.S. Marines sent to respond to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles will end their deployment, a spokesperson for the Pentagon confirmed to Forbes on Monday—days after the administration began withdrawing National Guard troops deployed for the same purpose.

The Pentagon pulled back about half of the National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles, arguing lawlessness from anti-ICE demonstrations subsided.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the removal of half of the 4,000 National Guard troops who had been sent to Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel during a spate of protests last month,