“For the same reasons that people who were in Nevada and Utah before they became states were considered Americans. “Subject to the jurisdiction thereof” includes territories.”
Don’t quote out of context. It says ‘in the United States’ and ‘the state wherein they reside’.
Samoa is NOT a state in the United States.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.
I’m not quoting out of context. The “and the state wherein they reside” simply is a nod to state sovereignty. When I moved to Georgia,I became a citizen of Georgia as well as the U.S.A. Those born in D.C. are certain U.S. citizens but the “state wherein they reside” is not applicable in their case.