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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Ludivina Vera moved into her daughter and son-in-law's National City home out of necessity due to her health. -
Border patrol did not provide food, shelter to migrants in makeshift camp, federal complaint allegesThe Southern Border Communities Coalition filed a complaint against the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. -
Local officials expressed concern about an influx of migration when Title 42, the pandemic-era asylum policy, officially ended. Those concerns did not materialize Friday. -
More than 400 men, women and children are living in a makeshift migrant camp in San Ysidro in an area between two border walls. -
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.
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