.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and also Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised argument in the United States vote-casting campaign.In 90 minutes of usually fiery exchanges, the Republican and also Autonomous governmental applicants traded claims over essential political election problems featuring the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] consuming the canines, people that can be found in, they're eating the pussy-cats, they are actually eating the animals of individuals that stay there". DECISION: There is actually no documentation that this is actually taking place. Trump's opinion observed a baseless claim - which was discussed through his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti that have actually just recently worked out in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been consuming pets.Springfield city authorities said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been no reliable reports or details claims of dogs being actually damaged, wounded or misused by individuals within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the worst because 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team awful joblessness because the Great Crash". DECISION: This is actually untrue. At the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the unemployment price was actually 6.4%. But it has been actually much higher because the Great Depression.In October 2009, lack of employment reached the top at 10% within of deeper economic recession. It has dropped progressively because, besides a stinging peak during the Covid pandemic, and in the most current information for August 2024, lack of employment stood up at 4.2%. Are millions of individuals entering into the United States coming from penitentiaries and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We possess numerous folks putting in to our country from penitentiaries and also prisons, coming from mental establishments and also crazy asylums". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation for these sort of numbers.There have had to do with 10 million rendezvous along with migrants transition the United States border due to the fact that January 2021. There are no publicly available plan how many of them have offered attend penitentiary or even stem from mental organizations however there is some information on how many possess previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand perspicacities of folks going across the perimeter illegally so far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and where the Border Watch had the ability to check versus law enforcement data sources - about 14,700 people had previous criminal convictions.That's equal to roughly 1% of all perimeter judgments in this duration and does not amount to the "millions" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a national abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will sign a national abortion restriction". JUDGMENT: This is deceptive. Trump has denied that he will authorize a national ban if selected head of state. He possesses said that he will leave behind limitations on abortion access around personal states to decide.Here, Harris also referred to "his Project 2025" - a reference to a record released by the conservative Culture Structure laying out a list of plan proposals that they believe a Trump presidency must implement.It doesn't recommend a national ban either, but it carries out advise restricting abortion access.Trump has distanced himself from the paper, saying: "I understand nothing concerning Project 2025. I have no suggestion that is behind it." Many former Trump management representatives are actually related to Venture 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful rising cost of living we've ever had" [was actually under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually false. Under Head of state Biden, inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, at once when prices were actually increasing sharply in a lot of countries. Inflation was final over 9% in 1981, however it has actually been actually significantly more than that at numerous other factors in US history.Since its top in mid-2022, inflation has actually dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet prices are still increasing as well as it is a vital problem for a lot of voters.Would Trump tolls cost families $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Economic experts have stated that that Trump sales income tax will actually result for middle lesson households in around $4,000 more a year". DECISION: Harris calls Trump's recommended tax obligation on bring ins a sales tax obligation. Some economists have approximated that these tolls could set you back loved ones this a lot. Others possess lesser price quotes. Trump firmly insists the cost would be actually believed through overseas countries however economic experts strongly believe there would be a financial price for US foreign buyers as well as customers. The $4,000 body originates from study - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's pledge to raise tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% and all products imported from China to 60%. They took the quantity the United States acquires in products from abroad annually, figured out just how much the brand-new tax obligations on these items would be actually and also split this by the number of households in the US.It works out at $4,600 every home, yet when you take a look at "center earnings" family members you get a number of $3,900 a year.Other estimations are actually reduced. The Peterson Institute presumes the influence would certainly be closer to $1,700 a year (for tolls at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is crime down in Venezuela because it is actually delivering criminals to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have taken their crooks off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to put into our country". DECISION: There is no evidence that Venezuela is actually doing this. Unlawful act degrees are down but pros claim this is actually due to the condition of the economic situation. The Venezuelan government carries out certainly not post reputable crime bodies, but the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report mentioned that violent fatalities that year - such as homicides - were down by an one-fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Crime is lessened in Venezuela by a decrease in criminal offense options: bank robberies fade away due to the fact that there is no loan to take kidnappings are lowered due to the fact that there is no cash to pay out ransom money." It claimed it had viewed no proof that the Venezuelan authorities was sending out bad guys to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.