“No fair!” Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., said of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s plan to add the DREAM Act to a Defense reauthorization bill and bring it to the Senate floor for a vote early next week.

The legislation would give illegal immigrants who were raised and educated in the U.S.  a six-year long “path to citizenship” if they complete a college degree or join the military.

It’s a Hail Mary pass to Latino voters whom Democrats desperately need to retain control of Congress. Reid is hoping that sticking DREAM into the Defense bill will make it all but impossible for Senate Republicans to vote against it.