.Getty ImagesDonald Trump and Kamala Harris went head to head in their very first televised dispute in the United States political election campaign.In 90 moments of typically fiery substitutions, the Republican politician and also Autonomous presidential applicants traded insurance claims over essential vote-casting problems including the economy, migration and also abortion.BBC Verify has actually been examining them.Are migrants in Ohio eating pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they're [migrants] consuming the pet dogs, individuals that came in, they are actually eating the felines, they're consuming the household pets of folks that live there". JUDGMENT: There is actually no documentation that this is taking place. Trump's review adhered to a baseless insurance claim - which was actually discussed by his vice-presidential prospect JD Vance - that immigrants from Haiti that have actually recently settled in Springfield, Ohio, have been consuming pets.Springfield metropolitan area representatives said to BBC Verify: "There have been no reputable reports or even details insurance claims of pets being actually hurt, hurt or even violated through people within the immigrant community." You can find out more here.Was Trump-era unemployment the most awful given that 1930s? CASE: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team the worst lack of employment because the Great Depression". VERDICT: This is incorrect. In the end of Trump's condition of office in January 2021, the lack of employment rate was 6.4%. But it has been actually greater considering that the Great Depression.In October 2009, unemployment topped at 10% in a period of deeper economical downturn. It has fallen continuously since, in addition to a stinging optimal during the course of the Covid pandemic, and also in the best latest information for August 2024, joblessness stood up at 4.2%. Are actually countless individuals entering the United States coming from jails as well as asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "Our team possess countless people putting into our country from jails and jails, coming from psychological institutions and outrageous asylums". JUDGMENT: There is no proof for these sort of numbers.There have been about 10 thousand encounters along with evacuees crossing over the US border considering that January 2021. There are actually no openly offered figures on the number of of all of them have served attend jail or come from psychological establishments yet there is some information on the number of have previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million apprehensions of folks crossing the border illegitimately up until now this financial year (to September 2024) - and also where the Perimeter Patrol was able to check versus law enforcement databases - regarding 14,700 people had previous illegal convictions.That's equivalent to roughly 1% of all perimeter perspicacities within this 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 to become re-elected, he will certainly authorize a nationwide abortion restriction". DECISION: This is deceiving. Trump has refused that he would authorize a nationwide restriction if elected president. He has said that he will leave limits on abortion access around personal states to decide.Here, Harris also spoke about "his Project 2025" - an endorsement to a document released by the right-wing Ancestry Base detailing a list of policy plans that they strongly believe a Trump presidency ought to implement.It doesn't recommend a nationwide ban either, however it performs highly recommend restricting abortion access.Trump has actually outdoed himself from the file, claiming: "I understand nothing regarding Job 2025. I have no suggestion that lags it." Several past Trump administration authorities are actually linked with Task 2025. Was actually rising cost of living under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful inflation our company've ever before had" [was under Biden] VERDICT: This is incorrect. Under Head of state Biden, rising cost of living reached the top at 9.1% in June 2022, at a time when costs were actually rising greatly in numerous nations. Inflation was actually last above 9% in 1981, however it has actually been actually substantially more than that at many various other factors in United States history.Since its optimal in mid-2022, rising cost of living has dropped to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However prices are actually still climbing and also it is an essential problem for a lot of voters.Would Trump tariffs set you back family members $4,000? INSURANCE CLAIM: Harris: "Economic experts have pointed out that that Trump sales income tax will really result for mid class households in around $4,000 more a year". VERDICT: Harris calls Trump's recommended tax on bring ins a sales tax. Some financial experts have predicted that these tolls could set you back loved ones this a lot. Others possess reduced quotes. Trump urges the expense would be actually felt through international nations yet financial experts strongly believe there would be actually an economical cost for US international merchants and also customers. The $4,000 number arises from study - by the left-of-centre brain trust the Facility for American Progress - of Trump's vow to improve tariffs on all imported products to 10-20% plus all goods imported from China to 60%. They took the quantity the US gets in items from abroad each year, figured out just how much the brand new tax obligations on these goods would certainly be actually as well as split this due to the amount of houses in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per house, however when you check out "middle income" family members you acquire a number of $3,900 a year.Other quotes are lesser. The Peterson Principle believes the influence would be closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or $2,500 (at 20%). Is actually unlawful act down in Venezuela due to the fact that it is actually sending wrongdoers to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Activity in Venezuela ... is way down since they have taken their offenders off the roads as well as provided to her [Harris] to take into our nation". JUDGMENT: There is actually no evidence that Venezuela is actually doing this. Crime degrees are actually down but professionals state this is actually due to the state of the economy. The Venezuelan federal government does not release reliable crime numbers, yet the independent Venezuelan Observatory of Violence does.The Observatory's 2023 annual document pointed out that fierce deaths that year - including murders - were actually down through a quarter compared to 2022. The Observatory informed BBC Verify: "Criminal offense is decreased in Venezuela by a decrease in crime possibilities: bank burglaries vanish given that there is actually no loan to steal kidnappings are lessened since there is actually no cash to pay out ransom money." It said it had found no proof that the Venezuelan government was actually sending crooks to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.