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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Trump won a second term on Tuesday with promises to implement an unprecedented crackdown on immigrants. Advocates are taking their word seriously and taking steps to protect vulnerable migrants. -
In 2021, an Amazon fulfillment center brought hope to Nueva Esperanza. But today the community continues to lack basic services like paved roads, drinkable water and a stormwater system. -
A Día de Muertos ofrenda in San Ysidro features the meager belongings of people who died trying to cross the southern border illegally. -
The pedestrian crossing at the San Ysidro Port of Entry known as PedWest opened in 2016 to great fanfare. -
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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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