Gustavo Solis
Investigative Border ReporterGustavo became the Investigative Border Reporter at KPBS in 2021. He was born in Mexico City, grew up in San Diego and has two passports to prove it. He graduated from Columbia University’s School of Journalism in 2013 and has worked in New York City, Miami, Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Diego. In 2018 he was part of a team of reporters who shared a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism. When he’s not working - and even sometimes when he should be - Gustavo is surfing on both sides of the border.
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Life changed in an instant one morning in February for the Olivo family. Their father and brother were arrested by ICE agents. The following weeks were filled with fear, confusion and anger.
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The Trump administration is not only arresting far more children, but they are being kept in the system longer. Research shows that any contact with the immigration enforcement system increases anxiety, post-traumatic stress and depression in children.
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Four activists were briefly detained and issued citations for loitering. They say it is a ratcheting up of intimidation by the Trump administration.
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A policy memo issued by the Department of Homeland Security last week says refugees who haven’t applied for a green card within one year of arriving in the U.S. can be detained.
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Chaos erupted Sunday throughout Mexico after members of the Mexican military killed the leader of one of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels near the city of Guadalajara. But there were no incidents reported on Monday in Tijuana.
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Friday’s inspection by county officials was supposed to be the first of its kind in California. Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer said she will sue the Trump administration over the denied access.
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KPBS brought together a panel of journalists and policy experts to answer Reddit users' questions about federal immigration policy under President Donald Trump.
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Since President Donald Trump was sworn in, nearly 5,000 people have been arrested by ICE in San Diego and Imperial counties.
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Federal agents detained Viktoriia Bulavina, who is married to a U.S. citizen, following a green card interview late last week.
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