Children from immigrant families unlike children who are natives of a country have a much more difficult time navigating the process known as identity formation in adolescence. The main reason being the environment in which they are raised. Many immigrant families live in low-economic areas, which expose their children to increased crime, drug related behaviors, and poor education systems. In addition, many immigrant adolescents parents lack higher education or are unemployed. These factors make it difficult to form a positive identity because they are constantly battling their surroundings such as drugs and crime. The difficult process of formulating a positive identity is the same for multi-ethnic children, again because of their environment,
