"Abstruse?"

[Historic NY]

2. No something is WONG vs US. which clarified birthright

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/a-look-back-at-the-wong-kim-ark-decision]

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/articles/amendment-xiv/clauses/700]

The US Constitution in counting census is to count all people in the US citizen or not.

By the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 all persons were considered citizens of the states in which they lived & Allegiance to the new country. By 1790 naturalization was dependent on 2 yrs residence and being white.

The jus soli principle (right of the soil) from English common law applied, meaning most people born within U.S. territory were considered natural-born citizens, with some exceptions.