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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In a letter, Cameron County's judge said giving SpaceX 43 acres of Boca Chica State Park was in the interest of 'safeguarding' the land.
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Texas climate activists have taken their fight against a liquefied natural gas project.
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A mutual aid organization based between San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley is trying to pressure South Texas elected officials to advocate for the Palestinians being killed and displaced by Israel's military.
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Empresas están financiando proyectos de combustibles fósiles en Texas con fondos de jubilación y bonos a pesar de sus compromisos de cero emisiones.
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A new report from the Sierra Club details how asset management companies are funding fossil fuel projects through purchasing billions of dollars in bonds.
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Organizers and the mother of Timothy Murray say Brownsville ISD targeted the 5th grader after he questioned an elementary school principal about why he wasn't receiving adequate counseling.
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FBI arresta a un hombre que planeaba disparar y matar a inmigrantes en Eagle Pass.
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Paul Faye Sr. was arrested in Tennessee last week after telling agents for months he was going to kill migrants along the southern Border with members of a paramilitary group.
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Juez federal rechaza el intento de empresa de oleoductos de expropiar terrenos en el RGV antes de hablar con los propietarios
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The Rio Bravo Pipeline project was denied taking the land in a move a federal Brownsville judge called "premature."