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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Federal immigration officials said in statements Thursday that more than two dozen people arrested in April at the Port of San Diego were deported. Experts question why they weren’t charged in federal court. -
Several nonprofits and immigrant rights organization told KPBS that Mayor Todd Gloria has not been collaborative or transparent in creating a response plan for how to handle a Minneapolis-style immigration enforcement operation in San Diego. -
Activists told KPBS U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents arrested 10 workers from a Disney Cruise ship on April 23 and four workers from a Holland America ship on April 25. -
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At the University of San Diego School of Law’s immigration clinics, students work on real-time immigration cases — helping people become citizens, apply for green cards, win asylum cases and even fight deportations. -
Campaign finance records show the Democratic member of Congress representing San Diego’s South Bay has received over $200,000 from the pro-Israel group in recent election cycles. But he denies ever receiving a penny.
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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. -
Since President Donald Trump was sworn in, nearly 5,000 people have been arrested by ICE in San Diego and Imperial counties. -
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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