The Mitzvah to Love Converts and Compassion for Strangers

In Parashas Eikev (10:19), it states, הגר את ואהבתם, which discusses the mitzvah to love geirim-converts. The Chinuch (431) innovates that this mitzvah also means to help and befriend anyone who feels like a stranger, such as someone in a new neighborhood. He writes, "We derive from this precious mitzvah to have compassion on a person in a city that isn't his homeland and whose family doesn't live there. The Torah gives us a hint for the reason this command was given because it states מצרים בארץ הייתם גרים כי. The Torah reminds us that we once experienced the great distress of being alone, among strangers, in a foreign land. When we remember that feeling, we can also have compassion on others."