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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Regulador federal de energía niega la solicitud de Port Isabel de detener la construcción de Rio Grande LNG.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says the liquefied natural gas project, which is just outside of Port Isabel and Brownsville, would not cause irreparable harm to communities nearby. The communities, and one FERC commissioner, say otherwise.
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SpaceX is looking to exchange 477 acres of land near a national wildlife refuge for 43 acres of state park land near the company's facility in South Texas.
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Sea Turtle Inc. returned the animals to the waters of Laguna Madre on Friday.
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Este grupo está salvando a las tortugas marinas en riesgo durante el frente frío del Ártico.
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The land exchange deal will see 477 acres of national wildlife refuge given to Texas Parks and Wildlife, which said it "is in the best interest" of the agency.
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Durante una visita a Matamoros líderes religiosos y académicos piden que el proceso de asilo permanezca protegido.
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The nonprofit has been recovering cold stunned sea turtles for 46 years.
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The figures took part in a prayer walk, led by a local migrant aid organization, meant to show attendees the realities of migrant life in border towns.
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Una planta de GNL en el sur de Texas espera ser construida mientras otra busca una reducción de impuestos.