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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the U.S. Senate welcomed more than 70 sophomores and juniors from Littleton and Stoneham high schools on June 2 for a 2.5-hour educational program on the workings of the Senate. Using high-touch technology on tablets provided by the Institute, students took on the role of U.S. senators and worked together to build and pass a bill calling for comprehensive immigration reform.

The Senate Immersion Module program provides an opportunity for students to engage in the legislative process. Students participate in hearings, committee mark-ups and floor debates that culminate in a final vote on legislation inside the Institutes full-scale replica U.S. Senate Chamber. Since opening in March of 2015, the Institute has hosted more than 33,000 students from across the Commonwealth and the nation to take on both historic and current issues, from the Compromise of 1850 to the PATRIOT Act.

At the completion of the program, the student-senators from Littleton and Stoneham high schools narrowly voted 39-35 in favor of passing comprehensive immigration reform.

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