A coalition of pastors proposes to create an identity card (ID) for undocumented immigrants to prevent them from being detained by police due to a lack of identity documents, reported Dallas Spanish-languagenewspaper Al Dia.

Religious leaders in Dallas and Houston plan to hire a private security company for background checks, take a picture of the immigrant, and include his biometric information with security seals as well as the phone number of the company that did background checks. The immigrant ID would cost $100 including the fee of a background check ($45).

“Everything that the police needs is an ID to make sure that the person (involved in a traffic stop) is going to pay a fine,” explained Gerardo Cardenas, president of the National Church ID coalition and a religious leader in Houston.