City governments and state government are increasingly at odds over issues like immigration. The answer lies in states bidding some cities “farewell.” Within the American context, decentralization should take the form of granting statehood to large cities. There are at least two ways this could happen. One option is to grant statehood to each individual core city. In this context, a city is a specific city (i.e., the City of Phoenix), and not the larger metropolitan area in which it is located (I.e., the Phoenix metropolitan area). This would allow these cities more freedom in enacting (or not enacting) laws in … Continue reading Give Sanctuary Cities What They Want