Then, in December, the New York City police arrested an Indian consular official, Devyani Khobragade, for paying a domestic worker less than the minimum wage in the United States and for falsifying the worker’s visa application. Because consular officials do not enjoy the same degree of immunity as higher-ranking diplomats, the police were acting within their authority, even if their methods – strip-searching Khobragade, for example – might be considered excessive.
之后，在12月，纽约警方以在美给付佣人薪水低于美国最低工资、并伪造该佣人签证申请为由逮捕了印度领馆官员科巴拉加德。领馆官员并不享有与高级外交官同等的豁免权，因此虽然手段（比方说对科巴拉加德进行脱衣搜查）可能有越轨之嫌，但警方并未越权行事。