| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 392 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, Gloria I. Chavez became the highest-ranking |
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| 3 | 3 | | female agent in the United States Border Patrol when she was |
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| 4 | 4 | | appointed chief of the increasingly active Rio Grande Valley |
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| 5 | 5 | | Sector on October 9, 2022; and |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Chief Chavez previously served as chief patrol |
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| 7 | 7 | | agent of the El Paso Sector; she initially took the job on an |
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| 8 | 8 | | interim basis in 2019, at the height of that summer's major |
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| 9 | 9 | | influx of migrants, and she received a permanent appointment the |
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| 10 | 10 | | following March; during her tenure, she led all enforcement |
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| 11 | 11 | | operations along 264 miles of the Mexican border in West Texas |
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| 12 | 12 | | and southern New Mexico, managing 11 stations, 6 permanent |
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| 13 | 13 | | immigrant checkpoints, and 3 forward operating bases; she worked |
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| 14 | 14 | | diligently to increase transparency and improve engagement with |
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| 15 | 15 | | the El Paso community, earning plaudits from local immigrant |
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| 16 | 16 | | advocates; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Chief Chavez grew up in Brownsville and graduated |
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| 18 | 18 | | magna cum laude from Columbia Southern University with a |
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| 19 | 19 | | bachelor's degree in criminal justice administration; after |
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| 20 | 20 | | working for the Nueces County Sheriff's Office and Taft Police |
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| 21 | 21 | | Department, she joined the Border Patrol in 1995 as an agent in |
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| 22 | 22 | | Imperial Beach, California; she went on to become chief of |
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| 23 | 23 | | Washington State's Spokane Sector and California's El Centro |
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| 24 | 24 | | Sector; in addition, she served at national headquarters as |
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| 25 | 25 | | deputy chief for operations under the Law Enforcement Operations |
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| 26 | 26 | | Directorate and as commander for the CBP Migration Crisis Team; a |
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| 27 | 27 | | recipient of the OHS Secretary's Silver Medal Award, she holds a |
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| 28 | 28 | | master's degree in security studies-homeland security and |
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| 29 | 29 | | defense from the Naval Postgraduate School, and she is a graduate |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the Senior Executive Fellows Program at Harvard's John F. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Kennedy School of Government; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of her long career, Gloria Chavez |
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| 33 | 33 | | has distinguished herself through her professionalism and |
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| 34 | 34 | | commitment to excellence, and she may indeed reflect with pride |
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| 35 | 35 | | on her accomplishments as she takes on the challenges of her new |
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| 36 | 36 | | role; now, therefore, be it |
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| 37 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislature, hereby congratulate Gloria I. Chavez on her |
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| 39 | 39 | | appointment as U.S. Border Patrol chief of the Rio Grande Valley |
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| 40 | 40 | | Sector and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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| 41 | 41 | | success; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for Chief Chavez as an expression of high regard from |
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| 44 | 44 | | the Texas Senate. |
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| 45 | 45 | | LaMantia |
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| 46 | 46 | | ________________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | President of the Senate |
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| 48 | 48 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 49 | 49 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 50 | 50 | | the Senate on April 11, 2023. |
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| 51 | 51 | | ________________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 53 | 53 | | ________________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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