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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A state law puts limits on when a county sheriff can transfer an inmate to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, based on their criminal record. Advocates point to records showing San Diego Sheriff Kelly Martinez might have violated that law in at least one case. -
In early January, Imperial County Chief Border Patrol Agent Gregory Bovino and other agents drove 150 miles to Bakersfield to arrest dozens of immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally. The ACLU suit calls that operation a “fishing expedition.” -
The young woman had planned to spend a month with a friend in Los Angeles and then fly home to Berlin. But she’s been in federal custody since late January. -
Supervisor Terra Lawson-Remer created the Immigrant Legal Defense Program in 2021. It’s now helping thousands of people navigate their cases in local immigration courts. -
As the Trump administration continues with its mass deportation rhetoric, advocates are on the lookout for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles in neighborhoods with large immigrant populations. -
Democratic Rep. Mark Levin, who represents a closely divided district covering North San Diego County, was among only six Democrats statewide to vote for the Laken Riley Act. Members of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Carlsbad are calling him out.
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More than 800 migrants died while trying to enter the United States illegally during fiscal year 2022 — a new record. -
Southwest isn't the only airline experiencing delays and cancellations, but it is by far the worst-hit, with about 5,500 of its flights canceled across the country in the last two days. -
A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
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