I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you, Richelieu, but you can not transit the U.S. without a visa. You will be searched, interrogated, photographed, fingerprinted, and treated however the U.S. authorities wish to treat you. I would recommend taking an alternate routing.

Details are here.

There may be an exception if you are a citizen of a visa waiver country:

Andorra
Austria
Australia
Belgium
Brunei
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
the Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Portugal
San Marino
Singapore
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom *