Family heartbroken after eight-month-old boy denied temporary resident visa

Henry (Ted) Parker holds up a photo of his step-grandson as he speaks, his voice wavering with disbelief.
“Can you imagine this beautiful little boy can’t come to Canada to visit his grandmother?”
On March 23, a Canadian Embassy visa section outpost in Mexico denied Parker’s step-grandson, Jepherson Medina Aquino, a temporary resident visa application. The eight-month-old boy, his mother Mairy Aquino Baez and grandmother Maria, are citizens of the Dominican Republic. The