you decide who is allowed to avail themselves legal pathways and who isn t on that particular path? parole programs, yes, so, what we did, we met the need with the parole programs that was the demographic that was causing us the greatest challenge at our southern border, and we tailored our parole processes accordingly. is it possible that those nationalities could shift as you see shifting nationalities at the border? so, we have shifted our programs according to the needs that we need to meet. so you ll recall perhaps that in november we developed the parole process for venezuelans, that was then the most significant challenge. we pivoted in january to not only expand the program for venezuelans but also for cubans, haitians and nicaraguans.
profits, not people. do not risk your life and your life savings only to be removed from the united states if and when you arrive here. our approach to build lawful, safe, and orderly pathways for people to come to the united states and to impose tougher consequences on those who choose not to use those pathways works. president biden has led the largest expansion of lawful pathways in decades. people are from cuba, haiti, venezuela, and nicaragua have arrived through lawfully available pathways and we reduce border encounters from these groups by 90% between december of last year and march of this year. we are launching new and expanded patrol processes for nationals of colombia, cuba, el
there has been so much flow of people to and from these two cities. that s something that has traditionally been a reality here, but the number, chris, of people who are coming to request asylum with the dream of having a life in the united states is not going to diminish anytime soon. and every single story is a story of human tragedy. i mean, i just spoke with mari marina, she came from venezuela. it took her one month to get from venezuela to here in el paso. she came with her husband, their daughter, and their granddaughter. they knew that it was going to be a difficult and dangerous journey, but they had no idea just how difficult and dangerous it would turn out to be. i spoke with her last night at one of the rescue missions here
including colombia, peru, and ecuador. we are we are a nation of immigrants, and a nation of laws. we are doing everything possible to enforce those laws in a safe, orderly, and humane way. we are working with countries throughout the region addressing a regional challenge with regional solutions. we again, yet again call on congress to pass desperately needed immigration reform and deliver the resources, clear authorities, and modernized processes that we need. good afternoon. two questions. one is how do you decide which nationalities are going to be able to use the legal pathways, the venezuelans and how did
the resources that we have and within the system that we are operating under. a couple questions, mr. secretary. thanks for being here. first on the cbp1 app, migrants speaking to journalists including our reporters on the ground have indicated a series of frustrations, they say they are having trouble logging on, trouble getting appointments, trouble with language barriers, perhaps indigenous languages or others and seeing technical glitches right now. so, what specifically is being done to fix that right now and does that app provide false hope to these migrants coming to only lead to future frustration as surges like we saw from venezuelans a matter of months ago. we have seen a tremendous acceptance of the cbp1 app. we are utilizing it very effectively. as i referenced earlier in response to the reporter s prior question, 740 people per day are reaching our port of entry. those, by the way, are not individuals who only made appointments, but actually a