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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Five athletes from Baja California have already qualified for the Olympics, the most in state history. And more than a dozen more athletes could still qualify through regional tournaments, according to local officials. -
For the first time ever, the two leading candidates for president are women. -
After the federal government gave San Diego $40 million, advocates want to see a collaborative approach between all levels of government and local service providers to come up with a lasting migrant welcome program. -
The wrongful termination suit, filed by a former nurse, alleges poor care and unsafe nurse-to-patient ratios at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. -
Attorney General Rob Bonta refuted the narrative that undocumented immigrants are the force behind fentanyl smuggling from Mexico to the U.S. -
Led by the San Diego-based Haitian Bridge Alliance, more than 400 organizations signed on to a letter asking the Biden administration to halt deportations because of Haiti’s civil unrest.
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A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s custody. -
More than 800 migrants died while trying to enter the United States illegally during fiscal year 2022 — a new record. -
Southwest isn't the only airline experiencing delays and cancellations, but it is by far the worst-hit, with about 5,500 of its flights canceled across the country in the last two days.
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