.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to move in their first televised argument in the US political election campaign.In 90 minutes of typically fiery swaps, the Republican politician and also Autonomous presidential applicants traded claims over essential election concerns including the economic condition, immigration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has been reviewing them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [immigrants] eating the pets, the people that was available in, they're eating the cats, they are actually consuming the household pets of people that stay there". JUDGMENT: There is no documentation that this is occurring. Trump's comment followed an unjustifiable claim - which was shared through his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that immigrants from Haiti who have actually recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield area authorities informed BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no reliable documents or even specific insurance claims of pets being actually harmed, injured or violated through people within the immigrant community." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployment awful considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our company the most awful lack of employment considering that the Great Hard times". VERDICT: This is actually untrue. By the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the lack of employment fee was 6.4%. But it has been actually higher due to the fact that the Great Depression.In October 2009, joblessness peaked at 10% in a period of deep-seated economical recession. It has actually dropped continuously because, in addition to a stinging optimal during the course of the Covid pandemic, as well as in the best recent data for August 2024, lack of employment stood up at 4.2%. Are actually millions of folks coming into the United States from penitentiaries and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our experts have millions of people putting into our country from prisons and also jails, from psychological institutions and insane asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no documentation for these kind of numbers.There have actually been about 10 thousand confrontations with evacuees crossing over the United States border given that January 2021. There are no publicly on call figures on the amount of of them have actually served attend jail or arise from mental organizations however there is actually some information on how many possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million understandings of individuals going across the boundary illegally up until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and also where the Boundary Watch was able to check against law enforcement databases - concerning 14,700 people had previous illegal convictions.That's equal to roughly 1% of all boundary understandings in this particular duration as well as doesn't total up to the "millions" Trump is actually claiming.Will Trump authorize a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he is going to sign a national abortion restriction". DECISION: This is actually confusing. Trump has refuted that he will authorize a national restriction if selected head of state. He has said that he will leave behind limitations on abortion accessibility up to individual states to decide.Here, Harris additionally discussed "his Venture 2025" - a referral to a file released by the right-wing Culture Groundwork outlining a listing of policy proposals that they think a Trump presidency must implement.It does not recommend a national restriction either, however it performs encourage limiting abortion access.Trump has distanced themself coming from the documentation, claiming: "I know absolutely nothing concerning Venture 2025. I have no tip that is behind it." Lots of former Trump management authorities are related to Job 2025. Was rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst rising cost of living our team have actually ever possessed" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is incorrect. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when prices were actually rising dramatically in lots of countries. Rising cost of living was final above 9% in 1981, but it has been actually dramatically greater than that at many various other aspects in US history.Since its own optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still rising and it is a vital problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tariffs cost households $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have claimed that that Trump purchases income tax will in fact result for middle training class families in approximately $4,000 even more a year". VERDICT: Harris names Trump's proposed tax obligation on imports a purchases income tax. Some financial experts have determined that these tolls could set you back households this much. Others have reduced price quotes. Trump urges the cost would certainly be actually felt by overseas nations yet business analysts feel there would certainly be an economical price for United States foreign buyers and also consumers. The $4,000 amount originates from study - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's guarantee to enhance tolls on all imported goods to 10-20% and all products imported from China to 60%. They took the amount the US purchases in products from abroad annually, determined how much the new income taxes on these products would certainly be actually and also separated this due to the number of homes in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every family, yet when you check out "mid profit" loved ones you obtain an amount of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are reduced. The Peterson Institute presumes the influence would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually criminal offense down in Venezuela since it is actually sending out bad guys to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is actually way down due to the fact that they have actually taken their criminals off the streets as well as given them to her [Harris] to take into our country". JUDGMENT: There is no evidence that Venezuela is doing this. Criminal activity degrees are actually down yet professionals say this is due to the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan federal government does certainly not publish dependable crime bodies, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly record mentioned that intense fatalities that year - including murders - were down by an one-fourth contrasted to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is actually minimized in Venezuela by a decrease in criminal activity options: banking company robberies fade away considering that there is no amount of money to swipe kidnappings are reduced given that there is no cash money to pay for ransom money." It said it had actually found no documentation that the Venezuelan government was sending out crooks to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.