Some New Yorkers chanted "shame on you" in response to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the city.

On Saturday, 1,300 of them packed into a church in Brooklyn to learn how to protect their immigrant neighbors and themselves from ICE.

“I think [the] level of urgency where this could happen to me, this could happen to my friend, this could happen to my family member, has gotten really, really real. And so I think that’s why we’re seeing so many New Yorkers come out and say, 'I want to do something,'" Hae-Lin Choi, the co-leader of Hands Off NYC, said.

She said that anti-ICE trainings are growing in popularity.

With images of ICE agents breaking down doors and aggressive enforcement of vendors, some New Yorkers say they feel compelled to jump into action.

“We really wa

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