An American citizen was fired after scrutiny of his Jerusalem birthplace

Evidence

Then one day shortly afterward, the bosses asked Sade’s brother to bring in his passport. They wanted to check something on his application, they said. He’s an American citizen, but they paid close attention to his Jerusalem birthplace. Days later the director called Sade into her office (it was 10:30 A.M., in the middle of the trading day) to tell him that he had to go. “We’ve hired four extra people,” she said, even though Sade had been there for more than three years, and as if that were a sufficient reason for his being fired. “Impossible,” Sade said. He shook his head but was suddenly out of a job. Two hours later his brother was also let go. Security took their identification badges and escorted them outside. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 705

Categorization

• XREF: Plain record of post-9/11 workplace purges of Arab employees, connects to the broader surveillance state theme in the book.