Devyani Khobragade case: Issues relating to violation of immigration laws cannot be brushed aside
Amidst the collective surge of outrage back home and a huge Indo-US diplomatic fracas over the shoddy treatment meted out to India's deputy counsel general in New York Devyani Khobragade — who has now been shifted to the United Nations Permanent Mission — some very serious labour and immigration issues seem to have been swept under the carpet.
The charges that Khobragade faces, as summed up by Preet Bharara, US attorney for the southern district of New York in a press statement on Thursday, are that she tried to evade US law designed to protect domestic employees of diplomats and consular officers from exploitation. "Not only did she try to evade the law but, as further alleged, she caused the victim and her spouse to attest to false documents and be a part of her scheme to lie to the US," Bharara's statement said.
