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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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. -
Measure A, which city voters passed in 2018, has funded the hiring of more than 40 police officers. Now, officials want to spend revenues on things such as patrol cars and drones. -
The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.
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During the Trump era, few issues have received more attention than migrant crime. But it's also been the subject of much misinformation. -
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.
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