It seems that the Republicans have already kicked off a political battle at the onset of Trump’s second term. Their efforts to exclude illegal immigrants from the census numbers, much like their attempt to include a citizenship question in the census questionnaire, were blocked by the Supreme Court. Now, with the Biden administration having overturned these measures, the Republicans seem determined to fight on. They seem to be waging an unseen war, trying to twist the statistics to suit their political ends. Historian Margo Anderson notes that whether they will act or not remains to be seen, but perhaps it’s not because they don’t want to, but because there are other national issues they are more interested in dealing with.