Elie Peltz

Elie Peltz is the Manager for Immigration Advocacy at Advancing Justice – AAJC. Elie has previously worked on a range of immigration, humanitarian, and civil rights issues in both governmental and non-profit capacities. Before joining Advancing Justice – AAJC, Elie served as an attorney-advisor at FEMA. During the Biden Administration, he worked at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on various humanitarian immigration programs, including DACA, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and refugee issues. Elie has also previously served as a staffer for Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-10) and as a program assistant at the Kettering Foundation. During law school, he supported immigration advocacy and legal representation efforts at the Legal Aid Society, Catholic Migration Services, and the Model International Mobility Convention Project. Elie received his J.D. from Columbia Law School and his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.