TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — As Donald Trump railed against immigrants Saturday afternoon in the Rust Belt, his supporters in the Deep South had turned his earlier broadsides into a rallying cry over a college football game as they prepared for the former president’s visit later in the evening.

Former US president Donald Trump has criticized the immigrants in the Rush Belt. He has repeatedly propagated unfounded claims that Haitian immigrants are stealing pets and eating them. Alabama fans of several universities also welcomed him for a football match,