The song playing at the end of the episode is a Spanish version of Neil Diamonds America.
Tina tells Jay about her childhood, said she grew up in Baltimore and the history of African American people. In real life Anna Deavere Smith really did live in Baltimore. She went on Who Do you think you are with Henry Louis Gates Jr and found out one of her ancestors helped clear the dead bodies of the fallen soldiers after Gettysburg.
Third time Steven Culp has played an attorney. He played Robert F. Kennedy who was the Attorney General of the U.S. In Norma Jean &Marilyn and also 13 Days.
Even though New York is a "sanctuary city", a government employee knowingly misleading a federal agent would at the very least lose her job if not be criminally prosecuted. 18 US Code 1001 makes it a crime to make a false statement to a federal agent. It is in fact a felony punishable by up to 5 years in prison. This law was used most recently against Michael Flynn in the investigation of President Trump. He plead guilty to the crime.