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The FHLEOA Board applauds DHS/ ICE Senior Special Agent Jorge Lopez
05-08-2010

SS/A Agent Lopez, has been in Law Enforcement for over 22 years. He began his Law Enforcement career as a Police Officer, El Paso Police Department. He was with the   El Paso , Texas Police for over 13 years attaining the rank of Sergeant.  He is now a SS/A Agent with DHS/ICE in Houston , Texas .
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FHLEOA supports Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as justice of the US Supreme Court
07-18-2009

To All FHLEOA Members and Supporters:

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\"\"The Federal Hispanic Law Enforcement Officers Association (FHLEOA) is pleased to join the myriad other law enforcement groups and associations throughout our nation in support of the president’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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Judge Sotomayor’s personal story, educational achievements, prosecutorial history, and overall common sense approach and commitment to the law and law enforcement are indeed impressive. But more impressive is the fact that if confirmed, she will bring more federal judicial experience to our highest court than any justice in the last hundred years.
Ruben E. Gonzalez, FHLEOA VP

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\"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.\" Margaret Mead

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Hispanic Americans have contributed to our nation
03-18-2009

To All FHLEOA Members and Supporters:

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\"\"Hispanic Americans have steadfastly defended and died for our nation even while enduring discrimination and segregation in the U.S. Military and at home. Hispanic Americans have also defended our nation in the war against crime while serving in law enforcement.  Hispanic Americans have contributed to our nation since its birth to the present.

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In law enforcement during the first half of the 20th Century, a total of 90 Hispanic officers made the ultimate sacrifice. As the Hispanic American population of the United States grew as a whole, so did the number of Hispanics serving in law enforcement – and the sacrifices endured by these brave men and women. From 1950 through 1999, 407 Hispanic officers died in the line of duty.

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Since the year 2000, more than 140 Hispanic American officers have made the ultimate sacrifice, including 20 in 2007. Over the last decade, 1 in 10 law enforcement fatalities in the United States has involved a Hispanic American officer.

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What else can Hispanic American citizens do to prove loyalty to our nation?

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Some may say that Hispanics do better in private industry.  Information from the Fortune 500 companies does not corroborate that believe.  What is factual is based on the many Presidential Executive Orders; Hispanics remain the most underrepresented group in federal service. 

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The reports also reflect what appears to be a conscious effort to preclude Hispanics from serving in the federal service.

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The attached research was done to provide information that is readily verifiable.  The information, for the most part is from U.S. Government agencies responsible for ensuring our civil rights.

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Over the past 40 years, the federal government has reported an annual   disparity in Hispanic hiring compared to overall minority participation in federal service. This disparity has widened by 29 percent between 2000 and 2005, and is expected to increase from 10 to 13 percent by 2010.

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You are encouraged to contact your congressional representatives and senators and request how to best correct this wide chasm of Hispanic American representation in the federal service.

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 Rubén E. González, FHLEOA VP

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 \"The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid and fearful in the face of bold projects and new ideas. Rather, it will belong to those who can blend passion, reason and courage in a personal commitment to the great enterprises and ideals of American society.\"

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President Robert F. Kennedy

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Hispanics remain the only underrepresented ethnic group in federal service
10-29-2008

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To All FHLEOA Members and Supporters:

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On October 23, 2008, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a hearing on Hispanic federal employment.  The hearing has proposed a 21st century Federal Hispanic Employment Project to promote and advocate for broader employment opportunities for citizens of Hispanic descent. 

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The Employment Opportunity Commission and the Social Security Administration are launching a study group to better understand the problems that Hispanics face in getting hired and promoted in the government.

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These placatory gestures are too common.  Credibility in the hearing was lost with the absence of the Office of Personnel Management. Their absence may be foretelling. According to the most recent OPM report, Hispanic representation declined at the senior level from 2006 to 2007.  Hispanics remain the only underrepresented ethnic group in the overall government workforce, when compared to their present level of representation in the national civilian labor force.

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As stated, the seventh annual report to the President on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government, dated December 2007, the Office of Personnel Management reports that Hispanic upward mobility in the professional and administrative areas continue to decrease.

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The historical pattern of discrimination against Hispanics in the federal service is apparent. In 1996, the Merit System Protection Board (MSPB) stated that Hispanic federal underemployment has continued for decades despite presidential directives, job programs and recruitment drives.  In the 1996 evaluation of Hispanic employment in the government, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board said that discrimination \"undeniably played a role in the history of Hispanic employment issues\" and that \"there is no evidence to suggest that it has somehow been totally eliminated from the federal workplace.\"

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The Office of Personnel Management, Federal Equal Opportunity Recruitment Program Annual Report, September 30, 2007 and the Office of Personnel Management, Seventh Annual Report to the President on Hispanic Employment in the Federal Government, June 2007, again concluded that Federal agencies have had years to diversify and failed to do so. We see no need to give the agencies additional time/chances to fail or slow roll the diversity mandate and in the process deprive our nation of the talent it so desperately needs.

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The Federal civil service is supposed to be blind to personal characteristics unrelated to job performance and in fact should reflect our nation's diversity.

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Decades ago, MSPB asked this question in two landmark reports that examined to what extent gender and race marred hiring, awards, and promotions in the Federal Government: “A Question of Equity: Women and the Glass Ceiling in the Federal Government” (1992) and “Fair and Equitable Treatment: A Progress Report on Minority Employment in the Federal Government” (1996). In these reports, we found that both women and minorities were more heavily concentrated in lower-graded jobs – and this unequal concentration could not be fully explained by varying education and experience levels.

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Women were particularly hampered by the fact that they were not promoted to the critical grades of 9 and 11 at the same rate that men were, meaning fewer women would be available for higher-graded jobs. While many minority groups were employed at a rate roughly equal to their representation in the civilian labor force, Hispanics remained underrepresented.
 
The statistics about the under-representation and discrimination of Hispanics are not provided by so-called advocacy organizations.  These are reports to the President from OPM and MSPB.  In other words Directors appointed by the President who presumably have the best interest of the President.
This information is posted in the hopes that our members and supporters are encouraged to contact their congressional representatives and senators and request their support for the   \"Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act\" (H.R. 3774 and S. 2148).
Rubén E. González, FHLEOA VP

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 “ALL THE SUCCESSES DOES NOT DIMINISH THE FAILURES”
 

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