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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With 48 hours left before Title 42 is lifted, migrant shelter operators in the San Diego region say they still don’t know what to expect. -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced changes to the app, including expanding the number of daily appointments and more. -
There are approximately 16,000 vulnerable migrants in Tijuana waiting to enter the United States once Title 42 is lifted. -
Volunteers with the Borderline Relief Collective said Border Patrol agents destroyed water, food and other humanitarian supplies left for migrants on March 18. -
A network of more than 300 surveillance towers along the southern border has widespread bipartisan support. Their locations were a mystery until recently. -
Demand for Mexican IT workers increased during the pandemic, especially after high-profile layoffs at American tech companies.
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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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