WASHINGTON — Four D.C. residents who say they were wrongfully arrested and later released as part of the federal surge in the city filed a class action lawsuit Thursday challenging the Trump administration’s policy of warrantless immigration arrests.

The lead plaintiff in the case is José Escobar Molina, a 47-year-old Salvadoran native who has lived in D.C. for more than two decades. Despite maintaining valid temporary protected status (TPS) since 2001, Molina says he was grabbed off the street last month and taken to an ICE processing center in Virginia.

“As he was about to get into his truck, plain-clothed and unidentified federal agents exited the cars and — without conducting any inquiry — seized Mr. Escobar Molina, grabbing him by the arms and legs and immediately handcuffing him,

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