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This is actually a commentary on what will happen to people who try and claim admittance to heaven without having accepted Christ as savior.

Do you think for one second Jesus was only speaking about literal sheep pens? In attempting a proper exegesis of Scripture it is important to seek all of the principles involved, and not simply restrict it to that one event.

That having been said, the Bible is not silent on the subject of immigration. Read Ruth 1:16 for a commentary on the proper way to handle it.

Ruth 1:16 does not take into account the whole of Scripture, and speaks of the times of the patriarchs, when Caesar's laws regarding immigration were not in force.

Jesus was using sheep pens as a metaphor. As he is the great shepherd, it is his pen and anyone who tries to gain admittance without going through him is a thief and a robber specifically when it comes to the matter of getting into heaven... While general principles from the story may be applied to the immigration problem, that was not the issue he was dealing with directly.

Regarding Ruth, that's more of a philosophical approach to the problem...which addresses the issue from the perspective of what sort of an attitude a legal immigrant to a land should have - especially when contrasted to this nonsense we're seeing with Mexican flags flying on our soil.