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Clarification: Border Tour-Sessions story

Attorney General Jeff Sessions answers a question during a news conference after touring the U.S.-Mexico border with border officials, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Nogales, Ariz. Sessions announced making immigration enforcement a key Justice Department priority, saying he will speed up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally who were convicted of federal crimes. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Original Publication Date April 11, 2017 - 12:15 AM

NOGALES, Ariz. - In a story April 11, The Associated Press reported that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions used the word "filth" to describe the problems with drugs and violence brought on by international criminal organizations. The word was part of Sessions' prepared remarks that were released by the Justice Department, but the attorney general didn't use the term in his speech at the border.

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