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Gaige Davila is the Texas Observer's 2026-27 David McHam investigative reporting fellow covering the border and immigration. Davila is from Port Isabel in the Rio Grande Valley. He studied investigative journalism at Arizona State University.
A 25-year-old died last month of “blunt force trauma due to a fall.” An Observer analysis found that the injury rate at "Starbase" was well above an industry national average.
The revival of the Dilley detention center and a scorched-earth approach to immigration arrests has led advocates to embrace a novel strategy rooted in old law.
Los registros revelan cómo los intereses especiales del GNL han moldeado las decisiones de los líderes municipales y del condado para ignorar las preocupaciones de la comunidad de Laguna Madre respecto a la expansión de los combustibles fósiles.
Records show how LNG special interests have shaped city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.
The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.
Mientras el sur de Texas se prepara para su primera instalación de exportación de gas, comunidades alrededor de la costa del golfo ofrecen relatos de advertencia.
As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.
Homeland Security Investigations arrests at Abby's Bakery shake up a small town in politically shifting Cameron County.
Destruction isn't always something physical, but also something done to memory.
The mayor, county judge, and others are parroting talking points provided by liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade, as the company faces another legal hurdle.
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