Gaige Davila
Border and Immigration ReporterGaige Davila is a journalist based in the Rio Grande Valley. He was TPR's Border and Immigration Reporter from 2021-2024.
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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Trump’s mass deportation plan faces delays as mega shelters in Mexico set up to receive deportees remain empty. -
With President Trump back in office, Mexico's President Sheinbaum braces for strained relations. U.S. public support for hardline policies targeting Mexico is on the rise, and looming energy reforms and trade negotiations add to the challenges. -
Un nuevo reporte muestra que la Operación Estrella Solitaria ha gastado miles de millones arrestando a personas principalmente por delitos menores. -
The ACLU of Texas report said a majority of those arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott's border initiative posed no threat to public safety.
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Biblioteca de Brownsville reabre después de tiroteo mortal. -
Vahid Khaledi went to Brownsville Public Library often, spending much of his free time there. But Monday, May 11, was his final time in the main branch.
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Los asociados de Cuellar se declararán culpables de participar en un plan de sobornos y ayudarán en la investigación. -
The congressman and his wife face bribery, wire fraud, foreign interference and other conspiracy charges. In a statement sent to the media hours before the indictment was unsealed, Cueller denied all the charges.
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The three candidates are running under the slogan 'Port For All,' and they hope to continue their advocacy for the climate and labor while in office. -
El Representante de Laredo, Henry Cuellar, acusado de supuestamente aceptar 600,000 dólares en sobornos de una empresa de Azerbaiyán y un banco mexicano.
