Syracuse, N.Y. — A Cornell University student arrested with a rifle in Syracuse told police that he purchased it to protect himself from federal immigration authorities, police wrote in court documents.The student, Mateu Healey-Parera, told a Syracuse police officer that he had purchased the rifle in the event that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “illegally detained” him or “surrounded his residence,” the officer wrote in an affidavit obtained by syracuse.com | The Post-Standard. ...read more read less