Adrian Florido
Border ReporterAdrian Florido is a reporter for the Fronteras Desk where he covers the U.S.-Mexico border, immigrant and tribal communities, demographics, and culture. Before joining KPBS, he was a staff writer at Voice of San Diego. There he reported on San Diego neighborhoods, focusing on immigrant and under-served communities as well as development, planning, land use, and transportation. For a year, he delivered a weekly television segment on NBC San Diego. He's a Southern California native who moved to San Diego in 2009 after earning an undergraduate degree at the University of Chicago. He majored in history with an emphasis on the US and Latin America. In college he was news editor of the student paper, the Chicago Maroon, and also spent time reporting from Capitol Hill and working with the advocacy group Reporters Without Borders. He also likes to eat. A lot. And he likes to run to keep up his appetite. And he likes good music.
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Advocates had criticized the agency for allegedly using its interpretation services as an opportunity to deport people. -
Fifteen arrests were made this week as the result of an investigation into a large drug trafficking operation. -
Norma Chavez-Peterson's appointment to associate director signals the ACLU's growing focus on Latino civil rights. -
The dark pedestrian bridge connecting the border crossing to Tijuana's interior was once a bit disconcerting for American tourists. -
Commission for Environmental Cooperation finds costlier U.S. regulations have led companies to send batteries south of the border for recycling. -
Batman! Hello Kitty! Santa Claus! They're all for sale, cast in plaster, as you wait to cross the border.
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