When in Rome, do as Romans do. Break the local laws - and be prepared to pay the consequences.
Devyani and her millionaire husband probably figured that they could get away with paying their maid $3/hr - and her father and family would bail her out of trouble - as they have done repeatedly in India.
This poster child for affirmative action (in India) comes from a family that stole from war widows in India - don't get carried away by the sensationalism in the Indian media.
Deport this wretch (or better still, convict her and make her pay for her crimes).
Hi to my FRiends here.
WOW! A name from the past!
How have you been?
Greetings, indcons - long time no see. (I haven’t been around that much myself the last two or three months).
I’ve read a few stories about this situation and along with the cash money paid to the maid in NYC (about $500 a month), free room and board, free phone, taxi rides, and other perks, plus $30,000 rupees a month put into her husband’s bank account, that adds up at least to $9 an hour (not even counting the board and room). The consular official may not be squeeky clean for sure, but it looks very much to me as though the maid planned this in advance to try to get permanent residence status for herself and family. I saw a letter she had written in Hindi, translated, how much she liked the job, and the employers, and they gave her a lot of free time, perks, etc. Also she left without notice in the summer and could not be found anyway, without a “goodbye” etc. It really looks like a scam on her part, to me. Notwithstanding that Divyani may be selfish or have committed other wrongdoings (you mentioned war widows).
And the strip searching etc was, IMHO, way overdone, considering how illegal Mexican criminals are treated with kid gloves here.