Gov. J.B. Pritzker is asking Illinois pension funds and agencies to examine any investments or contracts they may have with companies in El Salvador.

In a written statement released today, Pritzker said the moves were in response to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s willingness to help President Donald Trump deny due process to hundreds of migrants deported to El Salvador and now held in a maximum-security prison with no potential of release. 

“The United States Constitution guarantees due process. We are witnessing Donald Trump erode our fundamental Constitutional rights in real time, and we must fight to restore the balance of power,” Pritzker said. “The State of Illinois will stand up for the Rule of Law and do everything in our power stop the Trump Administration from ripping apart our most basic rights.” (Read the full statement below.)

Pritzker has instructed the Illinois State Board of Investment, the State Universities Retirement System, and the Teachers’ Retirement System to review any investments in companies controlled by El Salvador, with the purpose of withholding investments in those companies.

The governor is also asking the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to identify state contracts with companies that are controlled by El Salvador.

And Pritzker also wants the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Office of Trade and Investment to deliver an analysis of the scale of trade El Salvador has with Illinois.

Pritzker’s action comes as speculation continues over his ambitions to make a presidential run. In recent months, he has signed trade agreements with Mexico and the United Kingdom, and he has emerged among Democratic elected leaders as one of the most outspoken critics of the Trump administration.