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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The Biden administration is trying to terminate Title 42, which allows Customs and Border Protection agents to turn away asylum seekers without due process. -
Americans have long traveled to the border city for their medical needs.
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Approximately 235,000 people will now be eligible for the state and federal health care program for low-income Californians.
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Despite promises of reform, migrants in Tijuana struggle to find legal representation and live in fear of being robbed and assaulted in Mexico.
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Delays in policy changes and poor communication have created unnecessary problems, Mexican officials say.
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The new program is meant to streamline the refugee process. But it also prevents Ukrainians already in Mexico from walking across the border.
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A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
