H.R. No. 898

	R E S O L U T I O N
	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
	Anchía 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
	González of Dallas Morales Shaw Wilson
	González of El Paso Morrison Wu
	Goodwin Muñoz, 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