on sunday when you had president biden, he went to the southern border for the first time during his during his entire tour of el paso, he did not see any migrants at all. and if you look at the numbers, we have had in 2022 the better part of 2.5 plus million encounters at the southern border. our cameras have been down there every single day and every single day we have seen dozens, sometimes hundreds, sometimes thousands of migrants cross the rio grande on a daily basis. the president didn t see any of those migrants. did not meet with any of those migrants. you can see the leaders are now kind of up on a balcony about to make their way down. what this whole conference is primarily about is the crisis at the southern border. they are talking about some trades, some kind of, you know, semiconductor business with chips and so forth as they walk down to the microphones. but this has primarily been about the crisis of the southern border how these three countries appear and wil
problem. the idea grew into the los angeles declaration on migration and protection, which 21 countries ultimately adopted at the summit of the americas six months ago. and we re working together, especially with our north american partners to fulfill our commitments under that declaration. they include the policy i announced last week to expand safe and legal pathways for immigrants from nicaragua, cuba, and haiti. and are seeking a better life here in the united states of america. we also want to thank you, mr mr. president in mexico. those not following the lawful pathway zeels made available instead of attempting to unlawfully cross the border between our countries. on my way here, i stopped in el paso, texas to see the situation with my own eyes and to meet
[speaking spanish] trace: you can see the mexican president speaking in spanish. we could wait until the end. we will give you an idea synopsize what they are saying here. president biden mentioned earlier he talked about the four countries, haiti, cuba, venezuela and nicaragua and striking a deal with mexico so that a number of those migrants could stay in mexico instead of coming directly to the united states to apply for asylum. the administration has talked about this app. this asylum app. where you are would be able to stay in your home country, apply for asylum and then wait for your number to be called, not in the united states where the vast majority of asylum seekers are now waiting, remember the court process in the united states is at least two, three, maybe four years down the road.
the continental supply chain resiliency to ensure that canadian companies make things like semiconductors and don t just supply critical minerals to american companies? thank you very much. first on haiti, the situation in haiti is heart-breaking. canada has stood with the people of haiti for decades, including over the past few years with multiple interventions, with the, with other partners on the ground. military interventions, police interventions. prison guards. we have continued to stand with the people of haiti and we will continue to. obviously, this current situation is heart wrenching. and we need to continue to be there for the people of haiti. but we need to make sure that the solutions are driven by the people of haiti themselves. that s why canada s focus as we stepped up over the past months has been, first of all, in putting significant sanctions on the elites who are responsible
the border, but, yet, refuse to even look at the detailed document i submitted for the congress to consider to reform the process completely. and so, number one, right now, a majority of our migrants are coming from four countries, venezuela, cuba, haiti, and nicaragua. and we re expanding the very successful parole program we had with regard to venezuela to cuba, and to nicaragua and to haiti. to provide safe or orderly and humane processing people coming to the united states and claiming under the seeking asylum. this is going to reduce the number of people legally trying to cross illegally trying to cross the border. venezuelans were trying to enter the country. that has dropped off dramatically because we have allowed them to go directly to