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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The past year has been one of the most tumultuous in the history of the U.S. asylum system. A South American man living in San Diego has been caught in the constant change. -
Federal agents arrested the father of a Montgomery High student near the school on Aug. 15. -
Encinitas Union School District officials confirmed federal agents arrested the father of a student near Park Dale Lane Elementary School Wednesday morning. -
As arrests by U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement agents increase near schools, immigrant advocates are educating school communities on their rights. -
California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a letter to the El Cajon police chief questioning whether the department was violating a state sanctuary law by sharing data from license plate reader systems. The chief insists the sharing is legal. -
Mayor Bill Wells and others have openly supported President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. Advocates say this has deepened divisions in the community and eroded trust in the police department.
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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. -
A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
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