It seemed like the perfect match. Martin Ramos had nearly two decades of experience as a mechanic in Mexico. The Etobicoke truck repair shop couldn’t recruit one locally. In filling the job, Ramos would get a good wage and a two-year work permit.
Instead, Ramos would spend most of those two years in a complex legal battle, forcing him to turn to cash gigs to survive amid deportation fears — even after coming to Canada through a government-approved channel.