Gaige Davila
Border and Immigration Reportergaige@tpr.org
Gaige Davila is a reporter for Texas Public Radio's Border and Immigration Desk, working from his hometown, Port Isabel, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley.
He started his journalism career freelancing at the Port Isabel-South Padre Press as a senior in high school. Then, while attending the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), where he graduated in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in English and another in political science, he became a staff writer for The Paisano, the independent student newspaper for the UTSA community. Gaige wrote for the Paisano for nearly four years, working his way up to News Editor before graduating. After a semester in the Archer Fellowship Program in Washington, D.C., Gaige moved back to San Antonio as a staff writer for the San Antonio Heron, a nonprofit news organization covering downtown San Antonio’s urban development. He then moved back home, taking over the Port Isabel-South Padre Press as editor. Gaige was hired by Texas Public Radio in 2021 as part of the newsroom's effort to extend coverage in the Rio Grande Valley.
His writing has appeared in Red Star Magazine, the San Antonio Current and the San Benito News. Gaige’s reporting has been featured in the Texas Standard, The Monocle Magazine and "The True Story of the Queen Isabella Causeway Collapse" podcast and documentary.
When he's not reporting, Gaige trains Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu across the Rio Grande Valley, draws tattoo flash, and reads too many books at the same time.
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The Laguna Madre area hosted a plethora of reactions to SpaceX's second Starship launch. -
Amid wild cheers and applause, SpaceX's giant Starship rocket successfully lifted off around 7:03 a.m. Central from its launch pad in Texas. The Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy booster as planned. But minutes later, the cheers subsided as mission control appeared to lose contact with the vehicle.
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A growing number of residents want their political leaders and the Biden administration to demand that Israel halt its military operations.
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The regulatory approval comes just a day before SpaceX was set to attempt to launch its Starship rocket to orbit for the second time.
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Nearly 250 species of wild, free-roaming butterflies have been found at the National Butterfly Center. It has one of the most diverse populations of butterflies in North America.
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Un nuevo proyecto de ley federal espera simplificar los programas para colonias y trabajadores agrícolas en Texas y más allá.
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The bill would help address accessibility issues for the thousands of colonias in the U.S., most of which are in Texas.
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El estado considera si debe cambiar nuevamente las regulaciones de pesca de truchas a lo largo de la costa de Texas.
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Spotted trout are still recovering two years after the 2021 winter storm.
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La coalición fronteriza condena la política de 'Permanecer en Texas' considerada por la administración Biden.
