On tonight's show, Lou took off the boxing gloves and started swinging with clenched fists and bare knuckles. He called Bush, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, the administration and Congress ALL liars. He made it a point to say they have been and still are lying to the American people about immigration, the need for guest worker programs and all other aspects of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill. He also called out the Chamber of Commerce, big business, the Open Borders Lobby and ethno-centric advocacy groups and accused them of expousing lies that are not backed up with a shred of facts in their propaganda.

I hope this show segment was taped and gets put on YouTube because it is well worth seeing.

Now, here are FACTS, that he presented:

The U.S. legalizes more than 2 million people each year through either citizenship or green card provision

We grant 3,200 people citizenship each day
We grant 3,300 people green cards each day
We grant 240 people asylum each day

We have 9 different guest worker programs already in existance, 6 of which are unlimited (no caps) in the number of workers that can be brought in.

2/3 of green cards granted to aliens are issued to family members of individuals that are already here in order to provide for family unification.

Legal Permanent Residents in U.S. (green cards)

2006: 1,266,264
2005: 1,122,373
2004: 957,883

Source: Department of Homeland Security

Question: How many guest worker programs do we have?

Answer: 9

Source: NumbersUSA

Question: What are they?

Answer:

SKILLED -- Treaty Traders, Treaty Investors -- authorized by international free trade agreements.

H-1B Workers -cap: 85,000 (unlimited exceptions to cap)
H-1C Nurses -cap: 500
L-1 Intracompany Transferees -unlimited

UNSKILLED --

H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers -unlimited
H-2B Temporary or Seasonal Workers -cap: 66,000 ("returning workers" from prior 3 years exempt from cap)

OTHER WORKERS --

Workers with Extraordinary Ability -- unlimited
Athletes & Entertainers -- unlimited
Religious Workers -- unlimited

Source: NumbersUSA