And yes, American lawyers were immersed first and foremost in Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England.
Vattel was listened to in regard to international law. He was popular in that arena.
There’s not the slightest hint the Founders paid any attention at all to his ideas on citizenship, just as they totally ignored his idea that only the elites should be allowed to keep and bear arms.
Explain your interpretation of Tucker's words.
You know - how an alien can be born 'outside' of a State while at the same time he was an inhabitant OF it.