Amelia Frank Vitale
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Princeton University and author of Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds (University of California Press, 2026), drawing on fieldwork with Honduran migrants and caravans.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 39min
Amelia Frank-Vitale, "Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds" (U California Press, 2026)
Amelia Frank-Vitale, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Princeton who followed Honduran migrants and caravans, discusses border enforcement, invisible gangland neighborhood borders, and how deportation and policy fuel repeated movement. She also explores migrant caravans as both protest and practical tactic, and critiques short-term aid amid structural pressures.
