.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised argument in the US political election campaign.In 90 minutes of frequently fiery substitutions, the Republican and also Autonomous governmental applicants traded cases over vital election concerns including the economic climate, immigration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been checking out them.Are migrants in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [immigrants] consuming the canines, people that can be found in, they are actually eating the cats, they're eating the animals of people that live there". DECISION: There is actually no evidence that this is happening. Trump's opinion complied with an unjustified insurance claim - which was discussed by his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that migrants from Haiti who have recently settled in Springfield, Ohio, have been consuming pets.Springfield area authorities said to BBC Verify: "There have actually been actually no legitimate files or even certain insurance claims of pet dogs being actually hurt, injured or hurt or abused by individuals within the immigrant area." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployed the worst given that 1930s? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the most awful joblessness considering that the Great Depression". JUDGMENT: This is actually untrue. By the end of Trump's condition of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness rate was 6.4%. Yet it has actually been actually greater because the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, unemployment topped at 10% in a period of deep-seated economical recession. It has fallen progressively since, in addition to a sharp top during the course of the Covid pandemic, and also in the best latest records for August 2024, unemployment stood at 4.2%. Are numerous people entering the US coming from jails and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our team possess millions of individuals putting right into our nation coming from prisons as well as jails, coming from mental institutions and also insane asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have concerned 10 thousand confrontations with evacuees changeover the US border because January 2021. There are actually no publicly readily available figures on the amount of of them have actually provided time in penitentiary or even arise from mental institutions but there is some records on the amount of possess previous illegal convictions.Of the 1.4 million judgments of individuals going across the boundary illegally so far this financial year (to September 2024) - and where the Perimeter Watch was able to check versus law enforcement databases - about 14,700 individuals possessed previous unlawful convictions.That's equivalent to about 1% of all perimeter judgments in this particular time period and doesn't amount to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to become re-elected, he is going to sign a nationwide abortion ban". DECISION: This is actually confusing. Trump has actually denied that he will sign a nationwide ban if elected head of state. He possesses said that he will leave behind limits on abortion accessibility as much as personal states to decide.Here, Harris likewise referred to "his Task 2025" - a reference to a documentation posted by the right-wing Ancestry Base describing a listing of plan plans that they believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It doesn't recommend a national ban either, but it carries out suggest restricting abortion access.Trump has outdoed himself from the file, pointing out: "I recognize nothing about Job 2025. I possess no idea that is behind it." Lots of past Trump management representatives are actually related to Task 2025. Was actually inflation under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "The worst inflation our experts have actually ever before had" [was actually under Biden] DECISION: This is misleading. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living came to a head at 9.1% in June 2022, each time when rates were rising greatly in numerous countries. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, but it has been significantly more than that at a number of various other aspects in US history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. But costs are still climbing and also it is actually an essential problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back family members $4,000? CLAIM: Harris: "Financial experts have pointed out that that Trump sales tax will in fact result for center lesson households in around $4,000 even more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris refers to as Trump's proposed income tax on imports a purchases income tax. Some business analysts have actually approximated that these tolls could possibly set you back loved ones this a lot. Others have reduced estimates. Trump firmly insists the price would be actually thought by international countries however business analysts strongly believe there would be actually an economical cost for United States international merchants as well as consumers. The $4,000 figure stems from review - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Progression - of Trump's vow to increase tariffs on all imported items to 10-20% plus all items imported coming from China to 60%. They took the amount the United States purchases in goods coming from abroad annually, identified how much the brand new income taxes on these products will be actually as well as split this due to the variety of houses in the US.It exercises at $4,600 every household, but when you take a look at "middle revenue" loved ones you acquire a body of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are actually lesser. The Peterson Principle assumes the effect would be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at twenty%). Is unlawful act down in Venezuela considering that it is actually sending out wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is way down considering that they have taken their bad guys off the roads as well as provided to her [Harris] to take into our country". DECISION: There is no evidence that Venezuela is doing this. Crime amounts are down yet pros claim this is because of the state of the economic situation. The Venezuelan authorities carries out certainly not release trustworthy crime numbers, however the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 annual file claimed that intense fatalities that year - including murders - were actually down through a quarter contrasted to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Unlawful act is lowered in Venezuela through a decline in criminal activity chances: banking company robberies fade away since there is no money to take kidnappings are actually lessened due to the fact that there is actually no cash money to pay out ransom money." It said it had viewed no evidence that the Venezuelan federal government was actually delivering crooks to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.