A viral video on X is drawing attention after a Fort Worth woman allegedly witnessed what she described as an organized scheme involving illegal immigrants using a check-cashing business to send money to Mexico while also receiving taxpayer-funded benefits.
In the video, the woman, who goes by the username “justash_4.0,” described what she saw at a local check-cashing business:
“This little check cashing place called Cambiamos Cheques. It’s a place where you go if you don’t have a bank or very good ID, and they charge you a fee and you cash your check. And of course every Friday there was a line of people from the neighborhood, getting their check cash. And one thing I noticed one day is that certain people would go and cash their check in the, you know, the check cashing area. And then they’d move right down to the Western Union window where they would send money,” she said.
She said a friend explained why the Western Union line was always long:
“Then she proceeded to explain to me that it’s mostly illegal immigrants that are here working under the table, taking their checks and getting them cashed and then sending most of that money. They would keep maybe a couple hundred bucks out of their check and send most of it back to their families in Mexico,” she said.
According to the woman, the problem is compounded because many of these individuals also receive government benefits despite not being in the country legally.
BBVA Research reported that Mexico received more than $64 billion in remittances in 2024, a 2.3% increase from 2023’s $63 billion. Texas and California accounted for nearly half — about 47% — of all remittances from the United States to Mexico.
In December 2024, remittances to Mexico dropped 4.9% year-over-year to $5.2 billion, marking the steepest decline in more than a decade. The decline came shortly after President Donald Trump’s re-election and his administration’s renewed focus on mass deportations and southern border security.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, more than 100,000 Americans applied to join U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within two weeks of Trump’s July 2025 announcement that he would hire 10,000 new agents. The Department of Homeland Security said ICE had already received 80,000 applications by August 6.
According to the Economic Policy Innovation Center, the Biden–Harris administration has been accused of exploiting loopholes in the 1996 welfare reform law — which restricted benefits to “qualified aliens,” to provide programs such as food stamps, child nutrition assistance, and supplemental security income to illegal aliens.
The Dallas Express reached out to justash_4.0 for comment, but did not receive a response.