In 1790 Moses Seixas, the warden of the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, wrote these prophetic words to the newly inaugurated President Washington, who then repeated them in his response, memorializing them in the nation’s history. With this as our starting point we consider the centrality of “sanctuary” to Unitarian Universalist identity, explore the history of sanctuary movements, and heed the prophetic call of the New Sanctuary Movement in the United States today.