Jean Guerrero
Investigative ReporterJean Guerrero is a former KPBS reporter with extensive experience covering Latin America. Her KPBS reporting focused on family separations at the border, Trump's wall, deportations, and migrant caravan. Her work was recognized by the San Diego Press Club, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Pacific Southwest Chapter, and the Society for Professional Journalists, including "Best Body Of Work" in 2018.
She started her career at the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires in Mexico City as a foreign correspondent. She won the PEN/FUSION Emerging Writers Prize in 2016. Her book "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir" was published in 2018 by One World (Random House).
Jean holds a B.A. in journalism and a minor in neuroscience from the University of Southern California. She also has an MFA degree in creative nonfiction from Goucher College.
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KPBS Midday EditionThe Department of Homeland Security is expected to request design and build proposals for the U.S.-Mexico border wall any minute now. -
KPBS Midday EditionWithout fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back version of his controversial ban on many foreign travelers Monday, hoping to avoid a new round of lawsuits and outrage while fulfilling a central campaign promise. -
The Mexican consulate in San Diego said it was participating in a national initiative to increase awareness among immigrants of their rights. -
Officials said a deported Mexican man, Guadalupe Olivas Valencia, likely threw himself from a bridge an hour after he was deported to Tijuana on Tuesday. -
Store owners in San Ysidro said fewer Mexicans are coming across the border to shop for clothes and other items. They said customers are frightened by President Trump's hard-line immigration stance. -
Many reports of ramped-up immigration raids and checkpoints in San Diego County are false, according to immigration lawyers, federal officials and community leaders.
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