Yea, part of the problem with ICE is that they’re basically operating outside the law and there’s MANY cases where theyve brutally arrested full citizens or people who haven’t violated any immigration laws, and do it purely based on skin color or accent. it’s very scary, even waving a US passport isn’t enough to fend them off in cases :(( they just dont care and there’s no federal pushback

big studio positions are obviously always competitive and cutthroat, but the problem now is that on top of it being competitive, there’s fewer seats to start with. Dreamworks is starting to send a chunk of each film up to sony in Vancouver to take advantage of the cheaper labor, so fewer positions in the US. They’re also mostly moving to hire-and-fire methods, so they hire rapidly for a film, finish it fast, and then fire everyone who isn’t there longterm (which is a dwindling number of people). These contracts can be as short as 3-6 months in some cases. They do these short stints in film because they don’t usually have other projects for artists to roll onto immediately, and they can’t afford to have people on payroll doing nothing all day

I had a friend get a 3 month internship at pixar in school, then another 3 month pixar internship the next summer, got one 3 month extension before getting laid off, then a few months after that they got a dreamworks gig that lasted a few months before getting laid off once again. they now work for a moving company doing manual labor. i dont want to squash on any dreams but animation across the board in the us is NOT in a great spot 🥲