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Attorney General Jeff Sessions' 11 April 2017 appearance in Arizona was the subject of confusion in reports about his description of drug cartels and illegal traffickers. The reports hinged on a portion taken from his prepared remarks for the speech, which he delivered to a group of Border Patrol agents near the border between the U.S. and Mexico in Nogales, Arizona: The remark was quoted by the Wall Street Journal and subsequently circulated on social media while accusing Sessions of smearing undocumented immigrants. But the Washington Examiner noted that the transcript of Sessions' speech provided additional context: Sessions also failed to use the word filth while actually delivering the speech, instead saying: It is here, on this sliver of land, on this border, where we first take our stand. Washington Post contributor Daniel W. Drezner published an apology for contributing to the misreporting about Sessions' remarks on Twitter. He wrote:
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