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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According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a woman who lived in a makeshift camp between two border walls died Wednesday. -
About 350 California residents cross the border every day to attend classes in Baja California. They say they like the cost, the class sizes, and the experience in Mexico better. -
The 2022 election of Simon Silva, who died unexpectedly of cancer before the election but after his name could be removed from the ballot, is why Chula Vista is having a special election on Nov. 7. -
As the flow of migrants across the San Diego border continues to increase, a key shelter operator is on the brink of shutting down. -
Friends of Friendship Park have criticized the Biden administration's decision to build a new border wall at the binational park. -
Data shows southward migration is having an impact on Tijuana’s rental prices and traffic congestion.
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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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