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 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. -
Ron Morrison was the city’s mayor from 2006 to 2018. Now he’s back and says business development suffered during his time out of office. -
The controversial pandemic-era policy that restricts immigration at border crossings was set to end on Dec. 21. It now will remain in place at least until the justices rule in 2023. -
Dozens of flights have been canceled or delayed since Friday. Some families slept on air mattresses as they waited for a flight home.
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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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