Connecticut does not require private employers to use the federal E-Verify employment-eligibility system. Bridgeport has no local E-Verify ordinance. State contractors face limited verification requirements only.
Unlike Arizona, Mississippi, or Tennessee, Connecticut imposes no general E-Verify mandate on private employers. Bridgeport employers may voluntarily enroll in the federal Department of Homeland Security E-Verify system but are not compelled to do so. Connecticut state agencies and certain large state contractors must verify worker eligibility under CGS §4a-100 procurement rules, but these duties do not extend to municipal contracts in Bridgeport unless the City Council adopts them by separate ordinance, which it has not. Federal Form I-9 obligations under the Immigration Reform and Control Act apply to all Bridgeport employers regardless of size.
I-9 violations are federally enforced by Homeland Security Investigations with civil penalties up to $2,861 per Form I-9 paperwork error and higher penalties for knowing-hire infractions.
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