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They are indeed biblically justifiable. The Scriptures recognize nationhood, and the Mosaic laws regarding strangers which sojourned with Israel were very restrictive and discriminatory toward those strangers, and bondservant-hood (keeping strangers as slaves for a limited number of years)was permitted under Mosaic order, too. Those laws had a particular purpose for the preserving of that nation and the Abrahamic seed down to the bringing forth of the nation's Messiah, Jesus Christ. The same procedures for dealing with "strangers" are not given to us to be universally applicable in laws regarding nationhood and the protection of borders.

Any nation has the right to know who are the ones among the people who are neither natural-born or naturalized citizens. This is for the nation's ultimate security and peace. We submit to the visa and alien registration regimes in any country where we do missionary work, if for no other reasons than to: 1.) demonstrate respect for their nation; and 2.) to certify that our presence there is not suspect of being harmful to their people. That's all we really require from visitors or immigrants to this country.

The Scriptures recognize nationhood, and the Mosaic laws regarding strangers which sojourned with Israel were very restrictive and discriminatory toward those strangers,

From post 28 above

1. Legal Provisions: (1) Principles. The dominant principles of the legislation are most succinctly given in two passages: He "loveth the ger in giving him food and raiment" (Deuteronomy 10:18); "And if a ger sojourn with thee (variant "you") in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. The ger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were gerim in the land of Egypt" (Leviticus 19:33 f.). This treatment of the stranger is based partly on historic recollection, partly on the duty of the Israelite to his God. Because the ger would be at a natural disadvantage through his alienage, he becomes one of the favorites of a legislation that gives special protection to the weak and helpless.