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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Those who are allowed back to the U.S. often experience the joy of reuniting with their families, but also the pain of what they lost. -
The website had links to the Center for Immigration Studies, which the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled as an "anti-immigrant hate group." -
So far, the app is working well for some but advocates point to several drawbacks. -
The western side of the San Ysidro pedestrian border crossing opened Monday after being closed since the early days of the pandemic. -
City officials have crafted a guiding document that outlines how Imperial Beach will grow in the next decade. Officials call it “The Bigger Picture.” -
Advocates for asylum seekers and other immigrants say President Joe Biden is continuing Trump-era policies that he promised to do away with.
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A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
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