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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Gloria I. Chavez became the highest-ranking female |
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agent in the United States Border Patrol when she was appointed |
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chief of the increasingly active Rio Grande Valley Sector on |
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October 9, 2022; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Chavez previously served as chief patrol agent |
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of the El Paso Sector; she initially took the job on an interim |
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basis in 2019, at the height of that summer's major influx of |
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migrants, and she received a permanent appointment the following |
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March; during her tenure, she led all enforcement operations along |
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264 miles of the Mexican border in West Texas and southern New |
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Mexico, managing 11 stations, 6 permanent immigrant checkpoints, |
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and 3 forward operating bases; she worked diligently to increase |
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transparency and improve engagement with the El Paso community, |
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earning plaudits from local immigrant advocates; and |
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WHEREAS, Chief Chavez grew up in Brownsville and graduated |
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magna cum laude from Columbia Southern University with a bachelor's |
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degree in criminal justice administration; after working for the |
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Nueces County Sheriff's Office and Taft Police Department, she |
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joined the Border Patrol in 1995 as an agent in Imperial Beach, |
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California; she went on to become chief of Washington State's |
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Spokane Sector and California's El Centro Sector; in addition, she |
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served at national headquarters as deputy chief for operations |
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under the Law Enforcement Operations Directorate and as commander |
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for the CBP Migration Crisis Team; a recipient of the OHS |
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Secretary's Silver Medal Award, she holds a master's degree in |
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security studies-homeland security and defense from the Naval |
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Postgraduate School, and she is a graduate of the Senior Executive |
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Fellows Program at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of her long career, Gloria Chavez |
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has distinguished herself through her professionalism and |
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commitment to excellence, and she may indeed reflect with pride on |
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her accomplishments as she takes on the challenges of her new role; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Gloria I. Chavez on her appointment |
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as U.S. Border Patrol chief of the Rio Grande Valley Sector and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Chief Chavez as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |