Whether children of Mexican immigrants adopt pan-ethnic terms (Latino, Hispanic), American identities, or identities rooted in their country of origin (Mexican) reflects how they see themselves in relation to the system of ethnic stratification in the United States (Tovar, Jessica, & Cynthia Feliciano, 2009). Biculturalism can be expressed by using a Mexican-American self-label, as opposed to the American or Mexican label (Rumbaut, 1994). For those who are considered nonwhite in the United States (including more recent immigrants from Mexico and their children), ethnic identity development is an important part of overall adolescent identity formation and can be especially complicated for those growing up in United States. United States, but have parents from another country (Rumbaut,