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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Customs and Border Protection abruptly announced Thursday that it will close one of two pedestrian crossings in San Ysidro indefinitely. -
Approximately 300 men, women and children are sleeping outdoors in a makeshift camp between the primary and secondary border walls in San Ysidro. -
Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake in the Nov. 7, 2023, Chula Vista City Attorney race. -
Tijuana's all-star baseball team represented Mexico in the Little League World Series. The team lost to Curacao in the semi-finals. They previously beat Japan and Venezuela. -
The Biden administration’s expansion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall threatens to destroy hundreds of murals along the Tijuana side of the border. -
A section of the original Berlin Wall is now on display in Playas de Tijuana. It is meant to encourage migrants looking for a better life.
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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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