The article explores how migrants in a detention center in the Netherlands view the legitimacy of immigration control. The researchers found that migrants challenge restrictive admission rules and state authority using global citizenship ideas. Migrants resist deportation through strategies that either aim to prevent it or make it harder for states. Settled migrants tend to use denationalized ideas and practical resistance more. The study suggests that changing social norms about immigration control affect how it operates. This has implications for how migration is managed in a globalized world.