Isaac Luis-Amazar witnessed ICE agents arrest his father, Luis Castro Silas, after agents ran the license plate of his father's truck in a Home Depot parking lot in Phoenix in January 2026 and found a prior deportation record. When his father fled on foot and was tackled, Luis-Amazar said he ran over, believing an officer was about to strike his father, and was then charged with assaulting the officer. On July 16, 2026, a Phoenix jury found him not guilty of the felony assault charge after he testified that he never struck the officer, who he said lost his balance and fell on him.