Except that’s not quite the end of the story.
The 1790 Act was repealed and replaced in 1795 with the passage you quote from 1790 eliminated. Perhaps they did so because the 1790 Act defied the orginal intent regarding NBC.
It’s amusing to me how people who tout the 1790 Act as definitive on the subject of NBC never seem to mention that the 1790 Act was repealed in 1795 with their preferred NBC definition removed from the law.
By approximately the same people. So which one of the two reflect "original intent?"
Nevermind that the plain "shall be considered as" language of the 1790 statute creates a legal fiction - an alien shall be considered as a citizen.
And what if they never passed the act?
SCOTUS cases are well aware of the 1790 act. ALL of them consider the act to one that created a naturalized citizen.
I've had people tell me the case law is irrelevant, and that the repealed 1790 act controls the outcome. Go figure.