The Boston City Council voted 11-2 to approve Wu’s ordinance creating the new permit on Wednesday, with Councilors Erin Murphy and John FitzGerald voting in opposition. The legislation is now ...

The bill allows immigrants in the city without legal status to be jailed up to 60 days. Mayor Donna Deegan said she objected to the ordinance but did not “see a clear path to a veto, to sustaining a ...