Amelia Frank-Vitale is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Princeton University. She is author of Leave If You Can: Migration and Violence in Bordered Worlds (University of California Press, 2026) and co-director of the Immigration Research Hub.
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I Hate Going to Immigration Court
I hate going to immigration court. I drag myself out of bed and half hope something will happen on the turnpike to prevent me from making it to Newark today. In... More
Introduction: On and Off the Record
The violence of the U.S. immigration regime has come into sharp focus for broad publics in recent months—from courthouse arrests of immigrants seeking relief “t... More
On and Off the Record: Ethnographic Witnessing and Accompaniment in Immigration Court
This collection brings together ethnographers engaged in court-watching, accompaniment in and beyond detained settings, expert witnessing, and collaborative doc... More
The Caravan is Honduras: Hope and Death at the Border
(Con traducción al español) “What do you think, you’re a gringa, will he let us in?” “Honestly?” I reply, “I don’t think so, not as a group. My country isn’t ve... More