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"We hold these truths to be self-evident."
The revolution itself was an assertion of cultural values.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
That is a universal civic ideal, not a definition of cultural homogeneity or assimilation.
The same nation proclaiming those words enslaved Black people, excluded women from political citizenship, and limited naturalization to “free white persons.”
So quoting the Declaration does not answer the question:
What specific cultural standard must immigrants satisfy beyond obeying the law, participating civically, and learning English, and who gets to decide?
See got you again shifting the discussion..."What does assimilation mean?" to "Define assimilation in a way that is objective enough for the government to enforce?". Two different questions...are you suggesting the government should administer a "cultural purity test?" I said described assimilation as a social expectation or civic process, not a legal checklist. It sounds like you want an objective pass/fail test.
Another example of you shifting the discussion away from the original post.
In the American constitutional tradition, assimilation means legal naturalization, civic participation, and obeying the law, nothing in the Constitution requires cultural conformity, ethnic identity, or ideological uniformity.
That is a universal civic ideal, not a definition of cultural homogeneity or assimilation.
That's where you're wrong. It's not universal at all. The loyalists didn't hold these ideals. They valued peace, order, and civic duty above their own lives, freedom, and happiness, and that's the signifier that someone is unassimilated.
Are assimilation, American values, civic ideal, or cultural homogeneity defined anywhere in the Constitution or founding documents?
The Constitution authorizes a uniform rule of naturalization, but it does not require cultural sameness.
So when those terms carry your argument, asking you to define them is not moving the goalposts. It is asking what standard you are actually proposing.