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 Trump administration has ended use of the border app called CBP One that allowed nearly 1 million people to legally enter the United States. -
City leaders have plans for a 10,000-bed shelter, but haven’t provided any details regarding where it will be or when it will open. -
Approximately 300,000 people could be directly impacted by deportations, according to research from a UC San Diego researcher. -
Mayor Ismael Burgueño said Thursday the shelter will have the capacity to house at least 10,000 deportees if Trump follows through on threats of mass deportations. -
The only way migrants can plead their case for asylum in the U.S. is to make an appointment through the Biden administration's CBP One mobile app. The app has a long wait list and migrants in a Tijuana shelter are praying for an appointment before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. -
There are now more than 40,000 foreign nationals serving in the U.S. Military.
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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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