How Trump Could Lose the Evangelical Vote

President Trump has followed through on many key commitments to evangelicals: championing the cause of the unborn, protecting religious freedom, standing with Israel and nominating two excellent justices to the Supreme Court. But when it comes to immigration, if he continues to follow the advice of senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, he risks alienating his evangelical base in 2020.

Evangelicals sometimes get labeled as anti-immigrant, because most are against illegal immigration, viewing it as inconsistent with a biblical view of submitting to the law. But most of us strongly support legal immigration — which is actually helping to revitalize American evangelicalism, as many immigrants are Christians and many others embrace the gospel upon arrival.