; Whereas with 66.1 percent labor force participation, Latinos have the highest labor force participation rate of any racial or ethnic group, resulting in the Latino labor force expanding 3 times as fast as the rest of the population; Whereas, as of 2017, there were approximately 326,800 Latino elementary and middle school teachers, 77,033 Latino chief executives of businesses, 54,576 Latino lawyers, 73,372 Latino physicians and surgeons, and 15,895 Latino psychologists, who contribute to the United States through their professions; Whereas Hispanic Americans serve in all branches of the Armed Forces and have fought bravely in every war in the history of the United States; Whereas, as of 2019, there are more than 200,000 Hispanic active duty servicemembers serving in the Armed Forces, accounting for a total of more than 1,200,000 Hispanics who have served our country, including 136,000 Latinas; Whereas, as of 2018, more than 399,000 Hispanics have served in post-September 11, 2001, overseas contingency operations, representing 12.1 percent of the total veteran population who have served post-9/11 in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; Whereas, as of August 2019, at least 688 United States military fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan were Hispanic; Whereas an estimated 200,000 Hispanics were mobilized for World War I, and approximately 500,000 Hispanics served in World War II; Whereas more than 80,000 Hispanics served in the Vietnam war, representing 5.5 percent of individuals who made the ultimate sacrifice for the United States in the conflict, even though Hispanics comprised only 4.5 percent of the population of the United States during the Vietnam war; Whereas approximately 148,000 Hispanic soldiers served in the Korean war, including the 65th Infantry Regiment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, known as the Borinqueneers , the only active duty, segregated Latino military unit in United States history