Unfortunately, there are many, many, many evangelical pastors and Christians who just plain do not know Christian theology. They do not see the importance of knowing orthodox Christian doctrine.
This makes them susceptable to false teaching. Now, it is true the Jesus and the early church had compassion on the poor and destitute. The church was to take care of it’s widows and orphans - but, there was certain stipulations that had to be met before the church took care of “true widows”.
The Apostle Paul said that anyone who is not willing to work should not be fed (not taken care of financially):
“2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.”
As to illegal immigration, there are passages in the Old Testament that Israel was to treat the alien and the foreigner with justice and equity and not take advantage of them - and, no one is advocating treating even illegal aliens unjustly - only that they come here legally.
The scriptural passages regarding aliens in the country probably are not dealing with people who came illegally, so I don’t really see the connection.
Again, much of this “progressive” Christianity is possibly well-meaning, but misguided and from ignorance of the scriptures.
Look at post 24, do you really think that Evangelicals are the weak link in Christian voting? Compared to what?