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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Despite promises of reform, migrants in Tijuana struggle to find legal representation and live in fear of being robbed and assaulted in Mexico. -
Delays in policy changes and poor communication have created unnecessary problems, Mexican officials say. -
The new program is meant to streamline the refugee process. But it also prevents Ukrainians already in Mexico from walking across the border. -
Known as El Chaparral, the camp was a temporary home for hundreds of migrants who had escaped deadly situations in Mexico and Central America. -
Ukrainian nationals continue to have access to the U.S. asylum system. But people from other countries face much greater scrutiny. -
The Baja California Orchestra was started by Eastern European musicians after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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A father and son were reunited in San Ysidro after being separated for nearly two decades.
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