How many illegals could have been rounded up with the funds that were used for this operation? How many deep staters stifling Trump could have been arrested?
Every operation has its own specific issues—they are not interchangeable.
I am very encouraged about this news—the meta issue is it proves the administration can decisively act with operational security despite all the hostile forces (internal and external) arrayed against it.
1/3rd the population of Venezuela has fled the country over the last ~decade, a huge chunk to the US. Fixing the problem at the source is going to do more to stop illegal immigration, and promote remigration than ICE raids.