The Wikipedia article on the 14th amendment cites US v. Wong Kim Ark (1898, approx. 25 years after the one you cited here) which might be helfpful:
(from en.wp, summary in Citizenship Clause)"In Wong Kim Ark the Supreme Court held that under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a man born within the United States to foreigners (in that case, Chinese citizens) who have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States and are carrying on business in the United States and who were not employed in a diplomatic or other official capacity by a foreign power, was a citizen of the United States."
(full article: here, which states that no legislature has taken up the issue, nor has the Court since
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(from en.wp, summary in Citizenship Clause)"In Wong Kim Ark the Supreme Court held that under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a man born within the United States to foreigners (in that case, Chinese citizens) who have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States and are carrying on business in the United States and who were not employed in a diplomatic or other official capacity by a foreign power, was a citizen of the United States."
(full article: here, which states that no legislature has taken up the issue, nor has the Court since ( ... )
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