‘Dagger through the heart’: outcry as Ice detains University of Alabama student

Justification for arrest not clear as Trump administration increasingly targets students for arrest and deportation

There was an outcry on campus at the University of Alabama on Thursday after US immigration authorities detained a doctoral student - an event which campus officials confirmed on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the state's flagship university said in a brief statement that a student was arrested off campus" by federal immigration officials, but declined to comment further, citing privacy laws.