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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President Donald Trump often says immigrant sanctuary cities are hotbeds of crime. The facts don't back up his claims. -
Port of Entry sits down with KPBS border reporter Gustavo Solis and Al Otro Lado Director of Litigation Cassandra Lopez to discuss and reflect on the most significant changes in immigration policy and how they have impacted the border region. -
Federal agencies, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, have access to the SANDAG database known as ARJIS. But the local agency has no authority to audit their use. -
Hagop Chirinian was detained after accidentally wandering onto a Camp Pendleton beach. A federal judge said ICE violated his constitutional rights by detaining him. -
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer says the inspection is warranted given reports of deaths and mistreatment inside federal facilities nationwide. She worries that the Trump administration would block an inspection.
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The database, known as ARJIS, is a clearinghouse for records collected by San Diego area police departments. Federal immigration enforcement agencies pay SANDAG for access to ARJIS, which advocates said could be a violation of immigrant sanctuary laws.
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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. -
Federal agents detained Viktoriia Bulavina, who is married to a U.S. citizen, following a green card interview late last week. -
Viktoriia Bulavina’s lawyers say her detention marks a new escalation in the Trump administration’s sweeping crackdown on immigration.
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