Tijuana historian Josue Beltran Cortez provides insight into Tijuana’s identity, and how the United States and Mexico see the border through different lenses. He examines how Tijuana is shifting its focus away from the border, and beginning ot “face south.”

Tijuana historian Josue Beltran Cortez gives a historical rundown of his family’s travels between both countries, and how today’s changing dynamics are forcing many people to reconsider their travel & priorities.

Entrepreneur and environmentalist Oscar Romo explains how he became fascinated with the San Diego-Tijuana border region, and makes the case about why he thinks it’s the most dynamic border community in the world.

Entrepreneur and environmentalist Oscar Romo explains how topography influenced where the Mexico-United States border was drawn after the Mexican-American War.

Terence Shigg of the National Border Patrol Council explains the history of the existing barriers on the San Diego-Tijuana border, and the positive impact they have had on the communities north of the border.

Economist James Gerber shares insights about the relationship between San Diego and Tijuana. He discusses the future of Mexican migration to the United States, its impact for both countries, how migration from Mexico has changed and how U.S. strategies to close the border have backfired in some ways.

Friar Pat Murphy runs the Casa del Migrante, a shelter for migrants in Tijuana. He meets many migrants who have left family behind in the U.S. and now need to build a new life for themselves or try to go back to their old one at great risk.

Jane Lilly Lopez, a professor of Sociology at UCSD, examines the increasing interconnectedness of two border towns (San Diego and Tijuana), and outlines the discrepancies that exists between government policy and the realities of immigration.

In this segment, Jane Lilly Lopez, a professor of Sociology at UCSD, speaks about San Diego’s reluctance to be a border city, and offers thoughts about how it can improve in the future.

Journalist Greg Moran discusses some of the unique aspects of being a reporter near the San Diego-Tijuana border, and gives his viewpoint on San Diego’s changing relationship with it.

Jaime was recently deported from California, and his children remain across the border. He shares his physically trying experience, and searches for a way to return to his family in this episode of Facing North.