The annual Marion County Democrats Cinco de Mayo gathering will be held Thursday at Casa Grande Mexican Restaurant in Knoxville.

The focus will be on ongoing immigration issues in the state of Iowa and on a national level. State Representative Wes Breckenridge from House District 29 will be speaking at the event about the most recent legislation out of the Iowa Statehouse which impacts immigrants and law enforcement in Iowa. Dinner is on your own, ordering from the menu beginning at 5:30pm, with the speaker starting at 6:30.