TITLE: Congratulating Gloria I. Chavez on her appointment as U.S. Border Patrol chief of the Rio Grande Valley Sector.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Gloria I. Chavez on her appointment as U.S. Border Patrol chief of the Rio Grande Valley Sector.

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WHEREAS, Gloria I. Chavez became the highest-ranking female agent in the United States Border Patrol when she was appointed chief of the increasingly active Rio Grande Valley Sector on October 9, 2022; and WHEREAS, Chief Chavez previously served as chief patrol agent of the El Paso Sector; she initially took the job on an interim basis in 2019, at the height of that summer's major influx of migrants, and she received a permanent appointment the following March; during her tenure, she led all enforcement operations along 264 miles of the Mexican border in West Texas and southern New Mexico, managing 11 stations, 6 permanent immigrant checkpoints, and 3 forward operating bases; she worked diligently to increase transparency and improve engagement with the El Paso community, earning plaudits from local immigrant advocates; and WHEREAS, Chief Chavez grew up in Brownsville and graduated magna cum laude from Columbia Southern University with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice administration; after working for the Nueces County Sheriff's Office and Taft Police Department, she joined the Border Patrol in 1995 as an agent in Imperial Beach, California; she went on to become chief of Washington State's Spokane Sector and California's El Centro Sector; in addition, she served at national headquarters as deputy chief for operations under the Law Enforcement Operations Directorate and as commander for the CBP Migration Crisis Team; a recipient of the OHS Secretary's Silver Medal Award, she holds a master's degree in security studies-homeland security and defense from the Naval Postgraduate School, and she is a graduate of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; and WHEREAS, Over the course of her long career, Gloria Chavez has distinguished herself through her professionalism and commitment to excellence, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her accomplishments as she takes on the challenges of her new role; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Gloria I. Chavez on her appointment as U.S. Border Patrol chief of the Rio Grande Valley Sector and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Chief Chavez as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gamez Phelan Guerra Murr Allen Guillen Neave Criado Allison Harless Noble Anch a Harris of Anderson Oliverson Anderson Harris of Williamson Ordaz Ashby Harrison Orr Bailes Hayes Ortega Bell of Kaufman Hefner Patterson Bell of Montgomery Hernandez Paul Bernal Herrero Perez Bhojani Hinojosa Plesa Bonnen Holland Price Bowers Howard Ramos Bryant Hull Raney Buckley Hunter Raymond Bucy Isaac Reynolds Bumgarner Jetton Rogers Burns Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Burrows A. Johnson of Harris Rose Button J. Johnson of Harris Rosenthal Cain Jones of Dallas Schaefer Campos Jones of Harris Schatzline Canales Kacal Schofield Capriglione King of Hemphill Shaheen Clardy King of Uvalde Sherman, Sr. Cole Kitzman Shine Collier Klick Slaton Cook Kuempel Slawson Cortez Lalani Smith Craddick Lambert Smithee Cunningham Landgraf Spiller Darby Leach Stucky Davis Leo-Wilson Swanson Dean Longoria Talarico DeAyala Lopez of Bexar Tepper Dorazio Lopez of Cameron Thierry Dutton Lozano Thimesch Flores Lujan Thompson of Brazoria Frank Manuel Thompson of Harris Frazier Martinez Tinderholt Gamez Martinez Fischer Toth Garcia Metcalf Troxclair Gates Meyer Turner Gerdes Meza VanDeaver Geren Moody Vasut Gervin-Hawkins Morales of Harris Vo Goldman Morales of Maverick Walle Gonz lez of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson Gonz lez of El Paso Morrison Wu Goodwin Mu oz, Jr. Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 898 was adopted by the House on April 11, 2023, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House