Nation IN BRIEF : NEW JERSEY : 57 Illegal Chinese Immigrants Found

Police and telephone inspectors checking a suspicious phone bill stumbled across 57 illegal Chinese immigrants being held captive in an auto-body shop in Jersey City, N.J. The young men, who had no money or identification papers, told Jersey City police they were smuggled from China by an immigration ring and were being held in the padlocked, two-story building until relatives and friends could pay a $25,000 ransom for each. Police said the men appeared to have been detained for at least 10 days. All 57 men and four others were taken into custody.