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Immigration reform has been one of the major political issues swirling around Washington D.C. this year, and it has just received support from an unlikely source: religious conservatives.

A number of evangelical leaders recently traveled to Washington to encourage lawmakers to pass immigration reform that would provide a path for undocumented immigrants to achieve legal status, according to CNN.

Political conservatives are typically wary of proposed immigration solutions that include the term “amnesty,” but this group of evangelicals professes to understand the importance of helping out newcomers to America.

“A significant part of our churches and denominations are part of the immigrant community, so we have a very close connection and a very great interest,” Leith Anderson, president of the influential lobbying group National Evangelical Association, told the news source, ” … but our interest is really rooted in what the bible teaches how we treat people and how we treat particularly people who are aliens or strangers in the land.”

Whether or not legislators listen to the calls for comprehensive immigration reform, foreign nationals can still live in America by participating in the EB-5 visa program. If a foreigner invests $1 million in an American business and that investment leads to 10 new jobs, then the investor becomes eligible for a U.S. green card.