.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their first televised argument in the US political election campaign.In 90 moments of commonly intense substitutions, the Republican politician and Democratic presidential prospects traded cases over essential vote-casting concerns featuring the economic situation, migration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has actually been actually analyzing them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] consuming the pet dogs, people that came in, they're eating the cats, they're consuming the pet dogs of folks that stay there". DECISION: There is actually no proof that this is actually taking place. Trump's remark observed an ungrounded claim - which was shared through his vice-presidential applicant JD Vance - that immigrants coming from Haiti who have just recently resolved in Springfield, Ohio, have been actually consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area representatives told BBC Verify: "There have been actually no qualified files or even details claims of dogs being actually injured, hurt or mistreated by people within the immigrant community." You can read more here.Was Trump-era unemployed awful since 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left us the most awful joblessness due to the fact that the Great Depression". JUDGMENT: This is false. In the end of Trump's phrase of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness price was actually 6.4%. However it has actually been actually higher because the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, joblessness reached the top at 10% in a period of deep economical recession. It has actually fallen steadily because, apart from a stinging top during the Covid pandemic, and also in the absolute most latest information for August 2024, joblessness stood up at 4.2%. Are millions of individuals coming into the US from prisons and asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our company possess millions of people pouring into our nation from penitentiaries and prisons, coming from mental institutions and also insane asylums". VERDICT: There is no documentation for these kind of numbers.There have actually had to do with 10 thousand rendezvous with migrants crossing over the US border due to the fact that January 2021. There are no publicly accessible plan the amount of of all of them have offered time in prison or even stem from psychological organizations however there is actually some data on how many have previous criminal convictions.Of the 1.4 thousand perspicacities of people moving across the border illegally until now this fiscal year (to September 2024) - as well as where the Perimeter Watch managed to examine versus police data sources - concerning 14,700 individuals possessed previous illegal convictions.That's equal to roughly 1% of all perimeter judgments in this time period as well as doesn't amount to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump authorize a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were actually to become re-elected, he will authorize a nationwide abortion ban". DECISION: This is actually confusing. Trump has actually denied that he would authorize a nationwide restriction if chosen head of state. He possesses claimed that he would leave limits on abortion gain access to around specific states to decide.Here, Harris additionally talked about "his Task 2025" - a referral to a documentation published due to the conservative Culture Structure outlining a checklist of plan proposals that they believe a Trump presidency need to implement.It does not propose a national ban either, yet it does encourage limiting abortion access.Trump has outdoed themself from the paper, stating: "I understand nothing concerning Project 2025. I have no tip that lags it." Several previous Trump administration officials are linked with Venture 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in US history?CLAIM: Trump: "The most awful rising cost of living we have actually ever had" [was under Biden] DECISION: This is false. Under President Biden, rising cost of living peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when rates were climbing greatly in several countries. Rising cost of living was actually final over 9% in 1981, however it has been actually considerably more than that at numerous other points in United States history.Since its top in mid-2022, inflation has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. Yet costs are still increasing as well as it is actually a crucial problem for numerous voters.Would Trump tolls cost family members $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have actually pointed out that that Trump sales tax obligation will actually result for center class family members in approximately $4,000 more a year". JUDGMENT: Harris refers to as Trump's recommended tax obligation on imports a sales tax. Some economists have actually estimated that these tolls could possibly cost loved ones this a lot. Others possess lesser estimations. Trump insists the expense will be actually thought through overseas nations but economic experts feel there would be an economical expense for US foreign buyers and also customers. The $4,000 amount arises from study - by the left-of-centre think tank the Facility for American Development - of Trump's vow to increase tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% and all goods imported from China to 60%. They took the volume the US acquires in goods coming from abroad each year, found out how much the brand-new tax obligations on these products would be and also separated this by the amount of households in the US.It works out at $4,600 every household, yet when you examine "mid earnings" family members you acquire an amount of $3,900 a year.Other price quotes are lower. The Peterson Principle believes the influence will be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at twenty%). Is actually criminal activity down in Venezuela because it's delivering crooks to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Unlawful Act in Venezuela ... is way down since they have actually taken their offenders off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to put into our nation". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that Venezuela is actually performing this. Unlawful act amounts are down yet experts claim this is because of the condition of the economy. The Venezuelan federal government carries out not release reliable unlawful act numbers, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report stated that terrible deaths that year - including murders - were down through an one-fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory told BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is actually minimized in Venezuela by a decrease in unlawful act possibilities: financial institution robberies fade away due to the fact that there is no money to swipe kidnappings are actually lessened considering that there is actually no money to spend ransoms." It said it had actually observed no evidence that the Venezuelan federal government was actually sending wrongdoers to the US.Reporting through Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.