Approximately 250 California National Guardsmen remain in Los Angeles to protect personnel and property,” said a Pentagon spokesperson.

Nearly two months after President Trump took the extraordinary step of deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles to quell public unrest over immigration raids, the Pentagon on Wednesday announced that it was withdrawing more than a thousand troops.

Only 250 California National Guard troops of the roughly 4,000 deployed to Los Angeles last month remained on duty Thursday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved sending home roughly 1,350 troops,