88R20931 CJM-D
By: LaMantia S.R. No. 392
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 Senate 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 Senate.