.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to head in their very first televised argument in the United States political election campaign.In 90 mins of commonly intense swaps, the Republican politician and also Democratic presidential prospects traded claims over crucial election problems featuring the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been reviewing them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] consuming the canines, individuals that was available in, they're consuming the pet cats, they are actually eating the dogs of individuals that live there". VERDICT: There is no documentation that this is actually happening. Trump's review complied with a baseless case - which was actually discussed through his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that immigrants from Haiti who have actually lately resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been consuming pets.Springfield urban area representatives told BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no reputable records or even certain insurance claims of household pets being actually harmed, injured or even misused by individuals within the immigrant area." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment awful considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company awful joblessness since the Great Hard times". DECISION: This is actually incorrect. By the end of Trump's term of workplace in January 2021, the lack of employment rate was 6.4%. But it has actually been much higher due to the fact that the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment came to a head at 10% in a period of deep-seated financial recession. It has actually fallen continuously due to the fact that, other than a sharp top in the course of the Covid pandemic, as well as in the absolute most current data for August 2024, lack of employment stood at 4.2%. Are actually millions of folks entering the US coming from prisons and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company have countless folks putting into our country from jails as well as jails, from mental companies and crazy asylums". VERDICT: There is no evidence for these kind of numbers.There have actually been about 10 million rendezvous along with travelers crossing over the US border since January 2021. There are no openly accessible plan the number of of them have provided time in penitentiary or arise from psychological establishments however there is some information on the number of possess previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 million knowledge of people traversing the perimeter illegally until now this financial year (to September 2024) - and where the Perimeter Watch had the capacity to check out versus police data sources - about 14,700 folks had previous illegal convictions.That's equivalent to roughly 1% of all boundary understandings in this particular time frame and doesn't amount to the "thousands" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will certainly sign a nationwide abortion restriction". JUDGMENT: This is actually deceiving. Trump has denied that he will authorize a nationwide restriction if chosen head of state. He possesses stated that he would leave behind restrictions on abortion get access to around personal conditions to decide.Here, Harris also referred to "his Project 2025" - a referral to a documentation posted by the conservative Culture Foundation outlining a list of policy plans that they believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It doesn't suggest a nationwide restriction either, yet it performs suggest restricting abortion access.Trump has outdoed himself coming from the documentation, claiming: "I understand nothing concerning Task 2025. I have no suggestion that lags it." Numerous past Trump administration representatives are actually associated with Job 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful inflation our team've ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] DECISION: This is untrue. Under President Biden, rising cost of living topped at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when costs were increasing dramatically in several nations. Inflation was final above 9% in 1981, yet it has actually been substantially more than that at many various other factors in US history.Since its own optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually fallen to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But rates are actually still climbing and also it is actually a key issue for many voters.Would Trump tolls set you back households $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have stated that that Trump purchases tax would in fact result for center lesson loved ones in around $4,000 even more a year". VERDICT: Harris refers to as Trump's proposed income tax on imports a purchases income tax. Some economists have actually determined that these tolls could cost family members this a lot. Others have reduced estimations. Trump firmly insists the price will be believed through international countries but financial experts think there would certainly be actually an economic price for US importers as well as individuals. The $4,000 body stems from study - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Center for American Development - of Trump's promise to enhance tolls on all imported goods to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the US gets in goods coming from abroad annually, figured out the amount of the brand-new taxes on these goods would certainly be as well as divided this due to the lot of households in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per household, but when you look at "middle revenue" households you obtain a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimates are lesser. The Peterson Institute assumes the impact would certainly be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is criminal offense down in Venezuela considering that it is actually sending offenders to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Crime in Venezuela ... is actually way down considering that they have actually taken their thugs off the roads and also provided to her [Harris] to put into our country". JUDGMENT: There is no evidence that Venezuela is doing this. Criminal activity degrees are actually down but professionals state this is actually as a result of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan authorities performs certainly not release reputable crime figures, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual record said that intense deaths that year - including murders - were down through a quarter contrasted to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is decreased in Venezuela through a decline in criminal offense options: bank burglaries fade away considering that there is no money to steal kidnappings are actually lowered since there is no money to pay out ransom money." It claimed it had actually found no evidence that the Venezuelan federal government was actually sending wrongdoers to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.