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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Under normal circumstances, migrants would have been taken to the Migrant Welcome Center, which was funded by $6 million from San Diego County. But that center closed Thursday. -
Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for the Chula Vista City Council races. -
Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' primary election guide for the Chula Vista City Attorney race. -
After a rocky start, most of the bugs in the app have been fixed. But migrant advocates say it’s created a two-tiered asylum system. -
Monday’s downpour wreaked havoc on a city already vulnerable to storms due to crumbling infrastructure. -
Millions of Mexicans living in the United States could vote in what experts say is one of Mexico’s most important presidential elections ever. But historically, this group has stayed away from the polls.
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Officials said initially nine people were missing but authorities later apprehended two. -
State Attorney General Rob Bonta met with immigrant rights groups and elected officials in San Diego to discuss his office's efforts to protect California's immigrant communities. -
During the Trump era, few issues have received more attention than migrant crime. But it's also been the subject of much misinformation.
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