1. Privileges of Illegality? Italian Seaman Deserters and Adjustment of Status in the Twentieth Century • Danielle Battisti, University of Nebraska, Omaha.

2. The Maritime Origins of the Deportation Nation: Viapolitics of Unauthorized European Migration to the United States, 1819–1914 • Torsten Feys, Flanders Marine Institute.

3. Sovereign Mercy: The Legalization of the White Russian Refugees and the Politics of Immigration Relief • S. Deborah Kang, University of Virginia.

4. Passport Requirements, Citizenship Loss, and Undeportable European Immigrants in the Interwar Era • Emily Pope-Obeda, Lehigh University.