48. Joselo Lucero

This local advocate is all the more vocal in the face of President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric that many perceived as xenophobic, the president’s promise to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the new administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. Last year, when then-candidate Trump stopped to give a speech to Republican faithful in Patchogue just blocks from where Joselo’s brother, Marcelo Lucero, was slain by a group of teenagers, Joselo was among those on the frontlines rallying against Trump’s immigration policy positions. Considering such policies have the side effect of driving undocumented immigrants underground and inhibiting them from reporting when they’re victims of crimes for fear of being deported—making the job of police harder and the public less safe as a result—Lucero’s efforts to call for peace in his brother’s name is needed now more than ever.