Ted Cruz predicts illegal immigration will 'plummet' immediately after Trump's inauguration

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, predicted that illegal immigration will begin to "plummet" immediately after President-elect Trump is inaugurated early next year.

"I expect we will once again enter into 'remain in Mexico,' and we are going to see - I'm going to make a prediction right now: We will see the numbers plummet of illegal immigration coming into this country," Cruz said. "Not in a year, not in six months, but in January and February, because we will have a president who will vigorously enforce the law."

"We discussed many important topics that will require both countries to work together to address, like the fentanyl and drug crisis that has decimated so many lives as a result of illegal immigration, fair trade deals that do not jeopardize American workers and the massive trade deficit the U.S. has with Canada," Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday.

"I made it very clear that the United States will no longer sit idly by as our citizens become victims to the scourge of this drug epidemic, caused mainly by the drug cartels, and fentanyl pouring in from China. Too much death and hardship!"

Trump wrote that Trudeau, who has been serving as prime minister of Canada since 2015, made a commitment to work with the U.S. to "end this terrible devastation of U.S. families."

Fox News' Michael Dorgan contributed to this report