61.   Detainees at the San Pedro jail in Los Angeles filed a similar suit, which was recently settled out of court with the immigration service.

62.   Detaining immigrants believed to be in the country illegally is a task whose growth seems to have crept up on the immigration service.

63.   David A. Martin, a former general counsel for the immigration service, said that secret evidence should be used sparingly.

64.   Don Mueller, a spokesman for the immigration service in Washington, said a final report on the investigation has not been released.

65.   Detainees at the jail in San Pedro, Calif., filed a similar suit, which was recently settled out of court with the immigration service.

66.   Eight others, able to eat solid food, were released Tuesday into the custody of the immigration service.

67.   Edward McElroy, district director of the immigration service in Manhattan, said it was the largest number of INS employees arrested in such a scheme in New York.

68.   Eric Andrus, a spokesman for the immigration service, said the agency was reviewing the entire naturalization-testing program and could discontinue all outside testing.

69.   Even in big cities, the immigration service assigns only one person to work with colleges on visas.

70.   Educational institutions expressed concern that the immigration service may not be up to the task.