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By Jose Cruz, Our Tiempo

Time magazine may have launched the first national referendum on the debate over what to do with the undocumented population in the united states. As always, TIME’s editors will choose the Person of the Year, but that doesn’t mean readers won’t have their say.

“Undocumented Immigrants” are on the ballot and the vote would place them on the prestigious cover page.

Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 12, and the winner will be announced on Dec. 14.

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This article was first published in Our Tiempo.

Jose Cruz is a Puerto Rican/Irish multi-city/multi-hat guru at OurTiempo.com. An online entrepreneur, Jose is the in house editor and writer. With a background in politics and a career that includes a law degree, the Clinton White House and managing and developing websites geared at the Latino community, his tastes are as diverse as his work. Just at home diving into a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza to munching on a Fish Taco in East LA. Twitter: @JoseCruz2000

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By Roque Planas, Huffington Post Latino Voices

This year Latinos helped swing a presidential election, spoke at prime time spots during both party conventions, and emerged as one of the most coveted voter groups in the country.

But all that’s hard to notice from a glance at Time Magazine’s selection of “Person of the Year 2012.” As NBC Latino points out, there’s no Latino candidate on this year’s list, with the exception of “undocumented immigrants.”

Last year “The Protester” took the award, a clear choice in a year of protest movements around the globe, including Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.

An invisible population stepped forward on June 15, 2012, to stake its claim to the American Dream. On that day, President Obama declared that certain undocumented immigrants — a group simply labeled “illegal” by many — would not be subjected to deportation, under broad-ranging conditions.

So far, the undocumented’s prospects don’t look so good. The candidate placed 17th out of 40 as of…

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This article was first published in Huffington Post Latino Voices.

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