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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Tucked away in the budget bill is a 3.5% tax on money people send to friends and relatives abroad. But people can avoid the tax by handing over personal information to the federal government. -
Workplace raids, arrests in immigration court and detentions of people without criminal records show how President Donald Trump’s deportation strategy is taking shape locally. -
The arrests, which began in San Diego in late May, are happening across the country. Lawyers say it’s an unprecedented effort by ICE to deport immigrants through a fast-track deportation process known as “expedited removal.” -
The TRUST Coalition and others are renewing calls for the city to defund its automated license plate reader (ALPR) system due to fears that the San Diego Police Department is unlawfully sharing data from that system with federal agencies. -
KPBS Border Reporter Gustavo Solis hosted Kathleen Bush-Joseph from the Migration Policy Institute for a brief conversation about immigration cases in the Supreme Court. -
Local leaders to speak out after ICE agents arrested several workers at a South Park restaurant Friday.
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Immigration agents arrested Kyungjin Yu, an immigrant from South Korea, because she overstayed her visa, Department of Homeland Security officials told KPBS. -
Officials said initially nine people were missing but authorities later apprehended two. -
State Attorney General Rob Bonta met with immigrant rights groups and elected officials in San Diego to discuss his office's efforts to protect California's immigrant communities.
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- Arrest near a South Bay high school is latest in a string of immigration enforcements close to schools
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts again and shoots lava for 31st time since December
- San Diego Police Department agrees to improve on the 'complaint process' for officers