Los Angeles, July 21 -- The Pentagon has confirmed that 700 Marines deployed to Los Angeles last month amid protests over increased immigration enforcement will be withdrawn from the city, The Hill reported.

"With stability returning to Los Angeles, [Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth] has directed the redeployment of the 700 Marines whose presence sent a clear message: lawlessness will not be tolerated," said chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell in a statement to The Hill's sister outlet, NewsNation.

Parnell asserted that the Marines' "unmistakable presence" had been "instrumental in restoring order and upholding the rule of law," although most of the troops were rarely seen in public after an initial show of force in June, The Hill noted...